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Kentucky gets $500,000 to make colleges more adult-friendly Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story The Council on Postsecondary Education will receive $500,000 from Lumina Foundation for Education for a statewide effort to increase the number of working-age adults with college degrees. The Kentucky Adult Learner Initiative will include a statewide review of policies that affect adult students and will grant each public four-year institution $50,000 for plans to create or enhance adult-friendly policies and services. As outlined in the Council's recently released Double the Numbers Plan, the percentage of adults completing college needs to increase from 3.6 percent to 4.5 percent for Kentucky to meet its goal to double the number of college graduates in the state by 2020. "To meet our 2020 goals, we must meet the unique needs of nontraditional students who are trying to achieve their educational goals while balancing work and family responsibilities," said Brad Cowgill, interim president of the Council on Postsecondary Education. The multi-year effort will kickoff at a statewide summit Feb. 4-5, 2008, at the Marriott Griffin Gate in Lexington and will examine national best practices in adult learning. After the summit, a workgroup consisting of representatives from the Council, the General Assembly, postsecondary institutions, state government agencies, and the business community will begin to construct policy recommendations to make postsecondary education in the state more adult-friendly. The workgroup will explore state and institutional level policies such as financial aid for nontraditional students, data systems to track adult learners, student support systems for adult learners, professional development for faculty who teach adult learners and issues related to transfer. Based on the group's recommendations, the Council will work with postsecondary institutions to help implement institutional best practices. The Council will also present state-level policy recommendations to the 2010 General Assembly. An advisory board with representation from public and private sectors will guide the Kentucky Adult Learners Initiative. The group held its first meeting in Frankfort today. Members include:
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