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Weak economy spurs surge in community college enrollment

INSIDE the registration room at Suffolk County Community College's main campus earlier this month, an aspiring nursing student stared into a computer screen, trying to put together a schedule for the fall.

A counselor leaned in and shook her head.

"There's no chemistries," she said, suggesting the teenager check back next month, when space might open up. "None. No chemistries at all."

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