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Here's your SCUP Link to the this resource: Record Summer Enrollments for 2010

The enrollment boom continues: What does it mean that public schools are experiencing record summer matriculation this year? Is it that they can't find summer jobs? Is it saving money by taking classes local to home in the summer and transferring credits back? Is it the new Pell Grants. Is it older workers getting retrained? Full article here in USA Today. What does it mean for planners?

All across the country, at flagship universities, state colleges and community colleges, administrators are reporting that their summer session enrollments are up, as the same pressures that put students in the classroom September through May keep them in their seats all summer.

"Having a poor job market is something we correlate positively with," said Richard Russo, director of summer sessions at the University of California at Berkeley. High unemployment drives nontraditional students to enroll in college at all times of the year, but a tough economy makes it more difficult for traditional-age students to find jobs and internships, or gives them greater awareness of the need to complete a degree as quickly and inexpensively as possible. "There's more pressure; students are being pushed into the summer."