February 8, 2008

Colleges Prepare for Fiscal Downturn

By DAVID L. WHEELER

A recession is likely to increase enrollments at 2-year institutions

Fifty states, the federal government, and thousands of American colleges and universities are about to face a test of their commitment to higher education, at a time when the country is under economic stress and high-school graduating classes are about to crest.

While the official "recession" label has not been slapped on the American economy, the news broke last week that it had slowed to a crawl in the last

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