College Related Articles For September 7 2009….

The Oregonian reports on private colleges in the state seeing a health dose of freshman.

They also report on some Oregon public universities that are going to take a hit in the new funding distribution plan.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on Gov. Pat Quinn praising the new set of University of Illinois Trustees.

The Detroit News reports on the new Promise Zone legislation that is allowing high-poverty districts to capture some of the state property tax for education to fund the scholarships. The article looks at the Baldwin area schools taking apart in this program.

The Sacramento Bee reports on area college book stores trying to rent out college text books.

The Hartford Courant reports on community colleges confronting a spike in enrollment.