ACT results for juniors and graduates show improvement
Overall results from the 2012 administration of the ACT to Kentucky’s public school juniors and public school graduates show improvements in all subject areas.
Academically Proficient High School Junior and Senior Diversity Conference
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) will present the 25th Annual Academically Proficient High School Junior and Senior Diversity Conference June 15-16 at Western Kentucky University. The primary purpose of the conference is to give Kentucky’s public, private and independent colleges and universities an opportunity to recruit academically promising or proficient students [...]
Videos of Common Core Standards forum available
Plenary session videos from the Council on Postsecondary Education’s national forum on the Common Core State Standards are now available via the Council’s channel on YouTube. The videos highlight implementation successes, challenges and next steps by state and national speakers, and are accessible from the links below. Fireside Chat with Kentucky’s Education Leaders What Would Statewide Collaboration Look Like in a [...]
CPE gets $720,000 grant for college readiness initiatives
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) was recently awarded a three-year grant totaling $720,000 from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to improve college readiness. Kentucky was one of 10 states selected to receive the grant. The grant program, called Core to College: Preparing Students for College Readiness and Success, aims to foster long-term collaborations between state higher education and P-12 entities [...]
Kentucky college-going rates increase to highest level
More than 63 percent of Kentucky’s public high school 2010 graduates have enrolled in college – the highest percentage on record, the Kentucky P-20 Data Collaborative announced recently. The P-20 Data Collaborative used a comprehensive set of data to calculate the rates, which revealed that of the more than 43,000 public high school graduates in 2010, 63.1 percent enrolled in [...]
Postsecondary council awards nearly $1.1 million to improve teacher quality
The Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) awarded nearly $1.1 million in federal grant funding to improve teacher quality at its meeting last week at Morehead State University.
Postsecondary council announces Common Core Standard conference
The Council on Postsecondary Education will co-host a national forum on the Common Core Standards implementation this coming February in Louisville. The College Readiness Partnership (CRP) will serve as co-host. CRP is a collaborative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Chief Council of State School Officers and the State Higher Education Executive Officers. The collaborative promotes [...]
Adult education fact sheet
The Council on Postsecondary Education has developed a fact sheet with basic information on adult education and Kentucky’s colleges and universities. The fact sheet provides a concise snapshot in four key categories: colleges, universities and adult education; students; finance; and performance metrics. By the Numbers includes enrollment, degrees and credentials, number of GED grads entering college, student diversity, adult students, [...]