Two editorials focus on the Cherry Commission's report on higher education. In the first, the Free Press lauds the commission's "workable solutions" toward increasing the number of Michigan residents with a college degree. "The most encouraging of the 19 recommendations is a renewed focus on the resources of technical and two-year colleges," the newspaper says, adding that the state should not be slashing education dollars. The second editorial praises a report from the National Innovation Initiative, a report from a group of university presidents and business leaders that stresses "how crucial it is for the entire country to educate more students, do more research and beef up the structures that support both." The editors call the report "a compelling case that the United States will languish until it pushes more students further in school."