Why Bachelor's Degrees?
Demographers predict that in 2020, about 1 of every three Americans will have a bachelor’s degree. In 2000, about 1 in 5 Kentuckians had a bachelor’s degree. If current trends continue, Kentucky will fall short of its goal by about 211,000 college graduates. Simply put, this plan is one of the most substantial contributions our postsecondary education programs can make to Kentucky’s quality of life in the shortest period of time.
The plan focuses on bachelor’s degree production because:
- The link between economic prosperity and educational attainment is most dramatic at the bachelor’s degree level, both for states and for individuals.
- At the current rate of improvement, Kentucky is on track to meet or exceed the national average in associate degree production, but will fall far short in bachelor’s degrees.
- Master’s and advanced degrees, which are vital to the new economy, cannot be obtained without a bachelor’s degree.
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Famous quotes containing the word bachelor:
“Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can’t soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)