In weaker economy, more students choosing transfer path - Krystal Moya, Daily Eastern News

The ailing economy is having a direct effect on transfer relations at Eastern Illinois University.... Enrollment head counts at community colleges has increased by 28 percent nationally from Fall 2008 to Spring 2009, according to a winter 2009 survey by the League for Innovation in the Community College. Rita Pearson, transfer coordinator and associate director of transfer relations, said Eastern has seen a "definite trend." The office indicates that more than 50,000 students transferred "somewhere in Illinois" in 2008, compared to the 30,000 students who transferred 10 years ago.