FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Kentucky is at the head of the pack nationally for its improvements in six-year college completion rates, state higher education officials said. The six-year college completion rate in Kentucky increased by 1.1 percentage points, making it one of only five states to record gains of 1 percentage point or more, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education said in a news release Thursday.
Thompson’s lecture, “Making Higher Education Matter to Kentucky,” will now take place at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, in the E. Britt Brockman, M.D. Senate Chamber of the Gatton Student Center. There will also be a virtual option.