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November 03, 2021 by Paul Czarapata, KCTCS President

Transfer programs are at the heart of what community colleges do

Transfer programs are at the heart of what community colleges do

We sometimes take for granted that people understand our transfer mission, which is that students come here for an associate degree and then transfer to four-year university. But there may be some aspects of the transfer mission that are not well known or misunderstood.

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October 14, 2021 by KCTCS President Paul Czarapata

What do you really know about manufacturing?

It’s Manufacturing Month so I thought it might be a good time to provide some facts and refute some myths about manufacturing.

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June 15, 2021 by Paul Czarapata, KCTCS President

You CAN afford college

The 16 colleges of KCTCS have the lowest tuition in Kentucky and it will stay the same low cost for another year. Our Board of Regents voted last week to freeze tuition at the same rate students are paying now, which is $179 per credit hour for Kentuckians. This is less than half the cost of Kentucky’s four-year universities.

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