College Enrollment Set Record in 2008

[idad]

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/education/30college.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/education/30college.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Almost 40 percent of the nation’s 18- to 24-year-olds in 2008 were enrolled in college, a record number, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Thursday.

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[Modadunn]

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Although solid numbers for this year’s college enrollment are not yet available, the Pew report said that early estimates in the Census Bureau’s September 2009 Current Population Survey hinted that the record 2008 number might be surpassed.

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<p>Only proving what those of us whose child applied last year already know.</p>

[marite]

<p>And here is an article about over enrollment at community colleges, forcing them to hold classes until 2 or 3 am.
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/education/28community.html?ref=education[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/education/28community.html?ref=education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[dbwes]

<p>Modadunn – But wait! The article goes on to say:</p>

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But the increase in the rate of students going to college reflected in the Pew report was attributable almost entirely to increased community-college enrollment. About 3.4 million, or 11.8 percent, of young adults were enrolled at community colleges, up from 3.1 million, or 10.9 percent, in 2007.</p>

<p>Enrollment at four-year colleges was essentially flat, at about eight million, or 27.8 percent of young adults, the Pew report said.

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<p>If enrollment at four-year colleges is essentially flat, there should not have been that feeling of so many more kids applying, don’t you think? So is it just a media perception thing?</p>