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Demographic

• The Benefits of Dual Enrollment
  A new study from the Community College Research Center finds that dual enrollment programs – which have rapidly proliferated in recent years in part because of state support – are associated with positive outcomes on such measures as high school graduation and college enrollment rates, college grade point averages and progress toward college completion.
   
  Article Citation: McGhee, Glenn (2007, October 17). The Benefits of Dual Enrollment. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from October 17, 2007

• Minorities joining the move
  Not only is the population increasing in most of Franklin County's neighboring counties, but more minorities are making themselves at home in those areas, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Trends in Higher Education
  The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) publishes this environmental scanning report. It provides the higher education community with an ongoing analysis of trends that affect integrated planning in institutions. Trends are categorized as Demographics, Economy, Environment, Global Education, Learning, Politics, and Technology. Within each category are facts from SCUP's environmental scanning and also some of their thoughts about the implication