Community colleges facing rising enrollment, declining funds

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Local community colleges are bracing for another year of stripped-down budgets, even as enrollment grows to nearly 100,000 students.

Northern Virginia Community College, on six campuses with 72,000 students, has seen a 24 percent enrollment growth over three years without corresponding funding increases.

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