CHARTING A NEW COURSE: HIGHER EDUCATION IN OWENSBORO AND DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUCKY A REPORT TO THE OWENSBORO CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION SEPTEMBER 2005 WILLIAM CHANCE
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[email protected] or: www,nored.us CHARTING A NEW COURSE: HIGHER EDUCATION IN OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUCKY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was conducted over the course of a year, from May 2004 to May 2005. Many in Owensboro and Kentucky played important parts in its development. Although it is not possible to name all of them here, their contributions should be acknowledged. The list begins with the members of the Owensboro Citizens Committee on Education, and particularly the people who presided as chairs during the study period: Rodney Berry, Forrest Roberts, and Marianne Smith Edge. Their advice and suggestions were consistently helpful. The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer distributed the community resident questionnaire as an insert in the paper and provided a cover story describing the study and the importance of completing and returning the questionnaire. The paper’s invaluable assistance was instrumental both to getting the questionnaire out in a timely manner and to the numerous responses that were sent back to this office – nearly 700 completed and usable questionnaires. The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation provided lists of local employers for use in the employer surveys.