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Dallas-Fort Worth colleges report record enrollment | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Dallas-Fort Worth colleges report record enrollment

10:37 PM CDT on Sunday, September 26, 2010

By MEREDITH SHAMBURGER / The Dallas Morning News
mshamburger@dallasnews.com

Many universities and colleges in the Dallas area reported record enrollment figures this fall, but that's no guarantee that high graduation numbers will follow.

The real trick for growing schools is getting students to come back the next year.

"The first year is the most critical,"