1) At the Pope Center, Robert Iosue, former president of York College, details how he instilled financial discipline at his school without sacrificing academic quality, and offers guidance to other colleges seeking to do the same.

2) We may have already been thinking it, but this report confirms it: students at the K-12 level are not reading enough, and what they are reading is not at a level that will prepare them well for college.

3) According to a USA Today survey, top-echelon college football coaches are rolling in dough; the average salary for such coaches has doubled in the last 8 years from $950,000 to $1.95 million.