Romney's plan is unsurprisingly conservative and Romney-esque, giving more power to the private sector and taking things out of the government's hands.

Both universities are acting under an agreement with the state Legislature, and the UW is also increasing the number of in-state students it admits to the overall freshman class.

The Spokesman-Review details Tutu's Gonzaga commencement address.  

The Seattle Times reports, "Financial experts say families should weigh the high price of GET units carefully against other college-tuition investments, because the gap between the value of the units and the cost to purchase them has grown."

The problem is spreading beyond for-profit colleges to students from public and private colleges.

Now, 94% of students getting a four-year degree have borrowed money to do it.

The New York Times reports, "What’s lost is how Congress, in numerous ways, has been hurting the most vulnerable college students and dithering on the crisis of college affordability."  

The Legislature talked like it had achieved something by not raising tuition rates again this year. But the lawmakers had already put tuition hikes for the coming year in motion, and hikes of up to 16 percent are being finalized.

Brooks writes, "Not long ago, online courses were interesting experiments. Now online activity is at the core of how these schools envision their futures."  

Charles Wheelan, the author of a forthcoming book on commencement addresses, offers 10 things new grads ought to hear. To wit, "4. Marry someone smarter than you are. ... You will do better in life if you have a second economic oar in the water. I also want to alert you to the fact that commencement is like shooting smart fish in a barrel. The Phi Beta Kappa members will have pink-and-blue ribbons on their gowns. The summa cum laude graduates have their names printed in the program. Seize the opportunity!"