Highlights:

Campus Clips
States flunk 'Going to College'

Speak Out
Should party politics be kept out of the classroom?

Frontlines
Students could swing the (Electoral) college

News & Trends
•Senator quizzes NLRB on grad employee rulings
•Tax cuts leave middle-income Americans behind
•Calif. lecturers prevail on hiring dispute
•UI-Chicago graduate employees receive certification
•Oregon grad employees get contract
•Dowling full-timers win raises
•New unions have to fight for paychecks
•What's new from AFT Higher Education

Washington Wire
•For-profits curry favor on Capitol Hill
•Loophole lets lenders make killing on students

Your Money
A buck is a buck—right?

Technology
Time flies

Technotes

Health Matters
The cost-shift paradigm

Newsmakers
Bees create buzz over land mines