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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

USF enrolls record number of students, St. Petersburg Times

By Donna Winchester
August 26, 2008

TAMPA — A record number of students arrived Monday for the first day of fall classes at the University of South Florida despite budget cuts that have forced universities statewide to tighten their belts.

Preliminary figures show that enrollment is up 1.5 percent across USF's four campuses compared with a year ago, topping out at 45,585.

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