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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

University of Kentucky

2008

Kentucky Community and Technical College System

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Kctcs Student Success: An Outcome Analysis Of Kctcs First-Time Freshmen Entering Fall 2001, Billie Hardin Jan 2008

Kctcs Student Success: An Outcome Analysis Of Kctcs First-Time Freshmen Entering Fall 2001, Billie Hardin

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Problem Statement

Since its creation in 1997, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) has excelled in many areas of its open enrollment or open access mission. Yet, many KCTCS students do not persist to graduate with a credential or transfer to a 4-year postsecondary institution. The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), reports that of the fall 2001 students who entered KCTCS colleges, only 50.2 percent earned a degree, transferred to a 4-year college or university, or were still enrolled in a KCTCS college within three years. CPE further reports that more than half of Kentucky’s 2004 entering …