Sun Belt universities struggle to keep up with growth

Oct. 8, 2007
With growing numbers of students and fewer private alternatives, public institutions face challenges.

Public universities in fast-growing Sun Belt states face more than just logistical challenges as they scramble to keep up with the region’s surging population. Soaring numbers of students, many of them immigrants or the first generation to attend college, are seeking higher education in a landscape with far fewer private alternatives than in the East. In some states, financing lags.

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