TX colleges seeing record enrollment

AUSTIN (AP) - Texas colleges are seeing a nine percent jump in student enrollment compared to a year ago which some officials said is due to the recession.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reported this week that fall enrollment has increased from last year's 1.26 million to 1.38 million. It's expected to be the largest one-year gain Texas has seen, The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday.

Texas' two-year community colleges saw most of the growth. They reported a 14 percent increase from last year and attributed much of that to the country's economic woes.

The University of Texas at Arlington led the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with 12 percent more students this year.

Private colleges reported a small gain overall of 2.4 percent.  Public four-year universities' enrollment jumped by 4.7 percent.