Commission on Higher Education
(1) Dillon, Sam. New York Times, "Panel's Report Urges Higher Education Shake-Up." 8/11/06.
(2) Commission on Higher Education, Report Draft, 8/9/06.
(3) Teicher, Stacy. Christian Science Monitor, "Panel urges higher-ed overhaul." 9/28/06.
(4) Lederman, Doug. Insider Higher Ed, "The Spellings Plan." 9/26/06.
(5) Pope, Justin. The San Diego Union-Tribune, "Commission draft report calls for shake-up in higher education." 6/26/06.

Value of Higher Education
(6) Leonhardt, David. New York Times, "Rank Colleges, but Rank Them Right." 8/16/06.
(7) Ohlemacher, Stephen. Yahoo News, "College Degree worth extra $23,000/year." 10/26/06
(8) Aversa, Jeannine. Yahoo News, "Bernanke: Education narrows income gap." 2/06/07

Cost of Higher Education
(9) Winter, Greg, The New York Times, "Financial Aid Rules for College Change, and Families Pay More." June 6, 2005.
(10) Winter, Greg, The New York Times, "Yale Cuts Expenses for Poor in a Move to Beat Competitors" March 4, 2005.

Student Loan Overview
(11) Prepared remarks of Sec. Spellings, 9/26/06.
(12) "America's indentured graduates." Christian Science Monitor, The Monitor's view, 12/6/06.
(13) Glater, Jonathan, "Offering Perks, Lenders Court Colleges' Favor." New York Times, 10/24/07.
(14) http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/2006-2007/english/typesofFSA_loans.htm
(15) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DirectLoan/index.html
(16) http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/2006-2007/english/typesofFSA_loans.htm
(17) http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/college/2006-10-24-private-student-loans-usat_x.htm
(18) Kamenetz, Anya, "Shady Sallie." Village Voice, 1/13/06.