Category: August 2011
Governor Beshear announces Kentucky wins funding to substantially transform remedial education
Council on Postsecondary Education reports all-time high of 62,700 graduates in 2010-2011, up 11%
Kentucky’s public and independent colleges and universities conferred an all-time high of 62,700 degrees and credentials during the 2010-11 academic year, according to a preliminary annual degree report issued by the Council on Postsecondary Education.
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Kentucky advances in education rankings
According to a study conducted by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), located in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky, Kentucky’s national ranking for education has risen more dramatically than virtually any other state in the country in the last 20 years.
Council and public campuses improve transfer policy
More students will transfer general education credit successfully and persist to graduation under a revised general education transfer policy approved in June.
Stronger by Degrees to guide postsecondary and adult education
Expand Advance Ky
“I know they can, even when they think they can’t.” That line, on a nationally broadcast television ad, is spoken by Melody Stacy, a Kentucky teacher, who is part of a group of inspiring educators demonstrating that all students can learn and perform at very high levels in math and science. The students featured in the ad are right here in Kentucky.
