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(From University Wire)
Byline: Carrie Stewart
Some students dream about growing up and going away to college, but in Alabama many more students are at least making a stop in the state's two-year college system.
According to Alabama College System student headcounts, the state's two-year schools swelled from 99,711 students in fall 2003 to 103,441 students in fall 2004.
"It doesn't take four years for [Alabama high school graduates] to go into the job market, and a lot of them choose that route," said Ethel Hall, vice president emerita of the Alabama Department of Education.
Hall said the benefits of attending a two-year school are…