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The Washington Post's Daniel De Vise wrote an interesting story about how an increasing number of high school graduates are passing over "top-drawer public and private universities" to become honor students at county-funded community colleges. He sums it up this way: "Over the past two decades, community college honors programs have found a niche among students who were turned down by increasingly selective state universities and didn't want to pay private-college tuition. Enrollment grew steadily until the recession. Then, it exploded." This is good news for parents who rather keep their young adult children closer to home. It's also good news for counties who have created an attractive alternative for our best and brightest to stay in the home county.