Colleges and universities are flooding into the Interstate 75 corridor between Cincinnati and Dayton, competing for a growing number of students as higher education increasingly becomes a necessity for employment, reports the Dayton Daily News.
The boom is part of a trend throughout the region and the state. Enrollments at regional campuses and community colleges, which often serve older students at multiple locations, leapt from 74,000 in 2000 to 252,000 in 2010, according to Ohio Board of Regents data.
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