Report: Low-income, minority students losing ground at Kentucky colleges

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The Lexington Herald Leader
Report: Low-income, minority students losing ground at Kentucky colleges
By Linda B. Blackford
November 10, 2014

Low-income and minority students are losing ground at Kentucky's colleges and universities after repeated funding cuts by state lawmakers, according to the Council on Postsecondary Education's latest annual report card.

The report showed a three-year graduation rate of 10.4 percent in the 2012-13 academic year for low-income students seeking an associates degree, down from 10.8 percent in 2009-10 and below the overall graduation rate of 12.8 percent.

Among low-income students seeking a bachelor's degree, the latest six-year graduation rate was 36.6 percent, up slightly from 34.5 percent in 2010-11 and well below the overall graduation rate of 48.9 percent.

The state's colleges and universities also have made little progress on graduation rates for minority students. Only 33.3 percent of underrepresented minorities seeking a bachelor's degree graduated, up 0.1 percent from 2008-09. For minorities seeking an associates degree, the graduation rate was 6.8 percent, down from 7.2 percent in 2009-10....

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