Community Colleges Boom in Recession
Record Numbers of Students, Laid-Off Workers Drawn to Cheap Tuition, Job Training
By Susan Donaldson James
ABCNews.com
03/03/09
California college freshman Stephanie Parks dreamed of attending an expensive, private four-year college with an annual price tag of $50,000, but her parents made her settle for Sonoma State, "a cheaper alternative at one-third the cost," she said.
But when the recession hit colleges hard at the end of last year, Parks was astounded to learn she could only be guaranteed enrollment in one two-credit course for the spring semester.
