More and more students are part of a growing number of learners who will attend multiple schools to earn their four-year degrees. The practice has become so popular that college officials have come up with a name for the trend: "swirling."

Universities and community colleges have helped make swirling more prevalent by easing the ability to transfer credits and offering more courses online.

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