Their turn. Higher education leaders are (predictably) speaking out against Obama’s proposal to tie financial aid to institutions that keep their costs down. But, as Education Sector’s Kevin Carey says in The New Republic, it’s about time the feds sent their scrutinizing gaze their way. (Associated Press)
Keeping up with the Joneses. More urban, educated parents are beginning to homeschool their children, a choice that “has become newly fashionable.” (Newsweek)
Oops. A glitch in the Vassar College computer system accidentally told all 254 early decision applicants on Friday that they had been accepted. (Hudson Valley YNN)
Seems that book just paid for itself. A Kansas college student found a bag of cocaine in a textbook she ordered from Amazon.com. (h/t Huffington Post) (WPTV)
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