Colleges Woo Adults Who Have Some Credits but No Degree

There are 11,000 or so people in Kentucky who came within a course or two of earning a college degree, but never did. Almost half a million more took a few college courses but then dropped out.

Now educators are trying to lure back those erstwhile students to finish what they started.

Over the next 12 years, Kentucky wants to double the number of adults in its work force who hold college degrees. Officials say that goal is impossible unless they can persuade thousands of adults

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