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lull membership igher education available to lower — Hancock had 34.6 percent, l Kc]
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vmgeel eem"_ ican Dream, and the people County’s rate was 26.4 percent. 5 COI
daey status. ”A I ol Owensboro set about to make sure Owensboro, the third largest city H9
::';‘°:   rs'; thattheyall have access to thatdream. in Kentucky, was lagging far behind m ·
hed exemieee Even with two private colleges in thejefferson County rate ofsending _
seheels more than Owensboro, Kentucky Wesleyan and 48.7 percentofits graduating seniors wl-
29 Y¢¤” °"l "‘°' Brescia, the rate of Daviess County to college, and Fayette County’s 59 th€
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the eyes of edu- lege was only 40.7 percent in 1982. A study done by a citizens com- mt}
;‘;°":';I:"':ul;‘:;; The county lagged behind the state mittee indicated that the low rate of S10!
ee eny seheel in level ol, 43.l percent, and rates i`O1` people going to College from the area mug
the natien.” other counties in the area were even came from the lack of accessible, af- gmc
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