The Baltimore Sun reports on the Cisco company helping create a high tech work force though the academy.

with a follow-up survey on the impact of the credit crunch on student loans at independent colleges and universities. It surveyed 953 member institutions.

Some of the results:

75% of respondents saying an increase of students wanting financial aid.

67% say they have not seen a problem with enrollment due to the credit crunch.

Almost 90 percent of the 485 respondents that use private label student loans have lost lenders due to the credit crunch. 27% of those respondents have found it very hard to find someone else that will give out loan money.

The LA Times reports on this school where some students got a chance to look at the SAT exam, one day in advance of the exam being officially taken

looking at merit pay for teachers.

on universities in the state that are bracing for cuts.

the Post-Dispatch reports on student in this program where they learn about engineering.