April 20, 2001

Enrollment Shifts and Last-Minute Aid Requests Signal the Onset of an Economic Downturn

By ANDREW BROWNSTEIN

The kid from Brooklyn wanted to be a businessman. He was accepted at Syracuse University and had the grades -- not to mention, the money -- to bypass nearby Baruch College

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