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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The rate of Arkansas high school seniors going directly to college increased in 2013 — continuing a trend that began in 2009 but still too slow, according to the chairman of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/UtYDe9 ) that a report delivered to the board on Friday shows 54.3 percent of public school students who graduated in spring 2013 or completed a General Educational Development program attended college during the fall 2013 semester.
The number is an increase of 1.4 percentage points from 2012 and is up from 46.9 percent in fall 2009.
But board Chairman Kaneaster Hodges said the increase is too slow to meet Gov. Mike Beebe's goal of doubling the number of college graduates in Arkansas by the year 2025.
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Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, http://www.arkansasonline.com
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