Admission applications are surging for the California State University system’s fall session, climbing 21 percent over last year… "In economically down times, more people turn to going to college,” said CSU spokeswoman Claudia Keith. "When the job market gets tough, typically we see an increase in applications." CSU will need to limit enrollment to its fall 2009 classes because state budget constraints will not allow an expansion of the student body, she said. Last year CSU received almost 400,000 freshman applications and enrolled about 54,000 first-time freshmen.

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by Lisa M. Krieger, The San Jose Mercury News.

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