In my community college in Oregon, they have a record number of new students this fall term.   Unemployment in the Albany, Oregon area is up to 16% and I think this is reflective of the increase in college enrollment.   I have not done any research about other areas in the country, but my suspicion is that Oregon is not alone.   The class schedules are full across the catalog.   I was looking to pick up an extra 3 credit class in Research Writing and was amazed at the full classes.   I am on a waiting list for this class.   If I do not get into it, oh well…   I was smart and did my registrations for fall term back in July when they first opened.   I plan on doing some digging to find out how the statistics rack up as far as the number of Non Traditional Students in Linn Benton Community College this term.   I realize that community colleges would have a tendency toward more non trads due to vocational and retraining type curriculums.   Other institutions of higher learning  will have different statistics.   Quick!!……to google and away!!