THE LAST ROUNDUP

President Bush's budget for the 2009 fiscal year is generous, in parts, to higher education. The $3.1-trillion plan continues his pattern of requesting support for higher education in chosen areas, this time including Pell Grants and research in the physical sciences. (Photograph by Ron Sachs-Pool, Getty Images, Newscom)

NSF Should Require Some Cost Sharing, Report Says

Terrorism Security and Planning May Be Inadequate for Campus Reactors, Study Says

College Leaders Wrestle With How to Prepare for Unknown Threats

Tuition Lawsuit Puts Study-Abroad Practices in the Spotlight, Again

2-Year-College Leader Offers Advice to Peers at 4-Year Institutions

Testing Service Recommends Steps to Improve Colleges' Accountability

Views on Immigrants Cost 3 California Community-College Trustees Their Posts

House Passes Sweeping Bill to Renew Higher Education Act

News Analysis: The Student Vote May Have Played a Key Role on Super Tuesday

Few Fireworks as Panel Agrees on 'Teach Grant' Regulations

Sun May Set on a Project That Monitored Biological-Weapons Research

Panel Debates Details of New Loan Repayment and Forgiveness Plans

In Georgia, Excitement Over Choice of Candidates

• Student Voters at Spelman College Consider Race and Gender

In Missouri, Faith and Faction Sway Student Vote

In New York, Adult Students Say Real-Life Struggles Define Their Politics

A Diverse California Campus Embraces the Primary

7 Lenders Retain Eligibility to Receive 9.5-Percent Returns

House Bill Retains Controversial Default-Rate Plan but Adds Safeguards

Bush's Higher-Education Legacy

• Other Student-Aid Cuts Would Pay for a Modest Pell Increase
• Figures Reopen Debate Over Which Loan Program Costs More
• Large Increases for Physical Sciences but None for the NIH
• Budget Highlights
• Table: Details of the President's Plan

House Revises Tuition 'Watch List' Provisions in Major Bill

President of Texas Tech U. to Step Down

FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS BENEFIT: Democrats in the House of Representatives have agreed to let colleges keep their eligibility to award federal student aid despite higher cohort default rates.

STILL AT 9.5 PERCENT: The Department of Education has allowed seven lenders to remain eligible for the highest subsidy rate for student loans.

SHORT SHRIFT: Many state governments distribute higher-education funds to public colleges that put historically black institutions at a disadvantage, a study has found.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Under pressure, Congress has softened its plan to compel colleges to limit tuition growth.