The Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges has begun a search for people who’ve earned or almost earned associate’s degrees but might not know it.

Bill Stovall, executive director of the Association, said in a release that it believes 6,000 Arkansas have earned most or all of an associate’s degree. It hopes to reach them through mail, advertising or the website, www.degreematters.org.

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Some might go back to school to finish a few hours remaining. Others might have completed coursework after transferring to a four-year college, but not finished the four-year degree. The idea is that completion of a degree is worth more pay over time in the job market against those with only a high school diploma.

The effort is targeting people who enrolled in two-year colleges between 1994 and 2013, completed at least 15 courses and have not completed degrees through 2013.

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Degree Matters is funded by the Kresge Foundation and is a partnership of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, the Arkansas Research Center and AATYC.

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