LOUISVILLE . Mary Warren was a few credits shy of graduating from the University of Louisville 15 years ago when life got in the way.

Her younger brother was battling cancer. Suddenly, finishing her English degree didn't seem that important. Warren went on to get married, have children and get a job with the U.S. Census Bureau, abandoning her pursuit of a degree in the process.

.I just never went back,. she said.

Yet with the help of a new Kentucky program designed to help former college students finish what they started, Warren plans to finally complete her degree in August.