This report highlights higher education's early return on investment for the Kentucky high school class of 2011. It follows 43,655 students who graduated from a Kentucky high school in 2011 to 2019, the most recent year of data available. Following a note from the president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and an executive…

This report tracks 42,856 students who graduated from a Kentucky high school in 2010 until 2018, the most recent year of data available. Over half of these students entered an in-state college or university directly from high school. Another 5,000 had enrolled in college by 2018. All in all, 13,576 (32%) completed a postsecondary credential, and…

For the United States to maintain national and global economic stability, colleges must graduate more students. Four-year completion rates have declined and less than one-third of full-time, degree-seeking students graduate in 4 years. Some researchers and policymakers have suggested "leading indicators" to track postsecondary…

In 1997, policymakers in Kentucky enacted perhaps the most sweeping higher education reform legislation of any state in the past two decades. Kentucky's Postsecondary Education Improvement Act (House Bill 1) has been heralded by many higher education leaders across the U.S. as one of the great success stories--a rare instance when a state's…

This paper presents a transfer framework for students in Kentucky's public colleges and universities. A transfer framework shows students the courses they would take in the first 2 years of a Bachelor's program. It provides information for students to use in planning a college program if they know they are going to begin at one public institution…

This is a summary report on the total number of associate, baccalaureate, first-professional, master's and doctoral degrees conferred during the 1973-74 fiscal year by the 29 institutions of higher education in Kentucky accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. (Associate degrees are awarded for the completion of programs…

This cooperative education survey of student employee salaries and benefits supplies information to educational practitioners throughout the Midwest interested in providing their student employees with reasonable and fair remuneration for their work. Two survey questionnaires were used, one for bachelors' degree programs and another for associate…

A summary of the total associate, baccalaureate, master's and specialist, doctoral and first-professonal degrees conferred during the 1976-1977 fiscal year by 57 institutions of higher education in Kentucky is provided. Included are data from nine business colleges, which conferred a total of 2,034 associate degrees and other formal awards, and…

Data on degrees awarded between July 1, 1985 and June 30, 1986 by Kentucky's state-supported and private colleges and universities, business colleges, and theological seminaries are presented. Separate data are included for senior institutions, junior colleges, and the community college system. In addition to total degrees conferred, data are…

The relationship between educational background and mobility into the executive ranks of state government was examined in a questionnaire survey of 839 state executives at the assistant division chief level and above. This study is part of a large study of the background characteristics of executives from South Carolina, Mississippi, North…

The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among southern states for sharing common programs at both the bachelor's and graduate levels. Participating states are able to make arrangements for their residents who qualify for admission to enroll in specific programs in other states for in-state tuition. A list of coordinators and their…

This report is a summary of the total associate, baccalaureate, first-professional, master's, and doctoral degrees conferred during the 1974-75 fiscal year by the 29 institutions of higher education in Kentucky accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Degrees conferred in 1974-75 total 20,099. There were 2,881 associate…

Statistical data on the 21,677 degrees and other formal awards conferred between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1987 by Kentucky's state-supported and independent colleges and universities, business colleges, and theological seminaries are provided. The report includes lists of the members of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Council on Higher Education,…

Summary information is presented on the total associate, baccalaureate, master's and specialist, doctoral and first-professional degrees, and other formal awards conferred during the 1979-80 fiscal year by Kentucky colleges and universities. Data are included from seven business colleges, which conferred a total of 1,114 associate degrees and…

This report provides 17 tables which summarize total associate, baccalaureate, master's, specialist's, doctoral, and first-professional degrees, and other formal awarded conferred between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996 by Kentucky institutions of higher education. These institutions include state-supported universities and community colleges,…