The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) is the recipient of Complete College America’s (CCA) highest honor, the Stan Jones Legacy Award. The award was presented at Future Ready, CCA’
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Even with the turmoil of COVID-19, minority students in Kentucky achieved steady gains in college degrees and credentials last year, and overall, the state remains on pace to meet its educational attainment goals in 2030.
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) released those findings – among many others – as part of its annual progress report on colleges and universities in the commonwealth. It shows that, despite unprecedented disruptions during the spring 2020 semester, higher education continued to make important headway on key metrics in the 2019-20 academic year.
According to the data, some of the biggest gains occurred in degree production among underrepresented minority (URM) students. Compared to the previous year, URM bachelor’s degrees rose 4.8% at public universities in 2019-20. Credentials awarded to URM students also increased 7.1% at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).