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Community College Students Suffering 2 Economic Crisis Why is it that the ppl with the least amount of loot will suffer the most ?- Guess the obvious is ...just that! Fall session is still weeks away, but you wouldn't know it from the recent activity at the registration and admissions office on the campus of Miami Dade College. By 7 a.m. — an hour before opening — students are lined up waiting to enroll and to sign up for classes. Administrators say there are more students looking to attend this fall than they've ever seen before. In large part, it's because of the economy. Many who are out of work are seeking to improve their education so they can get better jobs. There are also students who, in better times, may have gone to college at higher-priced institutions. "The reason I'm registering [at Miami Dade] is because there's no money, you know?" says Julio Torton, an incoming freshman who was accepted at the University of Miami, where tuition and fees are more than $42,000 a year. The bottom line: Tuition and fees at Miami Dade total just over $1,000 per term for Florida residents Read The Rest Of this story: @NPR