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Article: Area layoffs bolster enrollment at NMCC
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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PRESQUE ISLE - Aroostook County residents who have lost their
jobs because of the crumbling economy are not sitting back and
waiting for better times.
A large number of them are heading back to school, and Northern
Maine Community College officials said Tuesday that the influx of
students has led in part to the college having its busiest summer
session in recent memory.
"We have seen the enrollment climb this summer, and a lot of that
is due to the number of workers who have been laid off and are
returning to school," NMCC President Tim Crowley said Tuesday
afternoon. "The summer enrollment is big, and we expect that the
fall enrollment will be big as well."
The spike in enrollment comes on ...