How Does Kentucky Have 61% of Graduates Leave With No Debt? - with Aaron Thompson, President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Aaron Thompson, President · Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
What this conversation answers
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How does Kentucky rank #1 in retention gains & #2 in completions while 61% of public institution graduates leave with no debt?
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Why does a first generation high school student from Appalachian poverty whose illiterate father could make any tool on a sharecropper's farm know the system wouldn't give him credit?
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What makes embedding 10 essential skills into curriculum with employer designed rubrics the graduate profile that finally shows demonstrable value?
Show notes
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Aaron Thompson, President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
In this episode, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, & recorded Live from the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
- How does Kentucky rank #1 in retention gains & #2 in completions while 61% of public institution graduates leave with no debt?
- Why does a first generation high school student from Appalachian poverty whose illiterate father could make any tool on a sharecropper's farm know the system wouldn't give him credit?
- What makes embedding 10 essential skills into curriculum with employer designed rubrics the graduate profile that finally shows demonstrable value?
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