{ "document_id": 12815, "page": 36, "width_pt": 612, "height_pt": 792, "rotation": 0, "pipeline_version": "paddleocr-vl-1.6+paul-48", "engine": "paddleocr_vl", "source_run_id": 12929, "item_count": 20, "counts_by_type": { "figure": 2, "heading": 3, "list": 1, "list_item": 3, "text": 10, "title": 1 }, "build_ms": 2, "items": [ { "id": "p36.1", "order": 1, "type": "figure", "bbox": { "l": 48.24, "t": 735.36, "r": 169.44, "b": 622.8 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "role": "page_header", "block_label": "header_image" } }, { "id": "p36.2", "order": 2, "type": "figure", "bbox": { "l": 48, "t": 738, "r": 602.05, "b": 618.0057 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "source": "pdf_image" } }, { "id": "p36.3", "order": 3, "type": "title", "bbox": { "l": 203.76, "t": 699.12, "r": 564.96, "b": 653.52 }, "text": "KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS", "attrs": { "block_label": "doc_title" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p36.4", "order": 4, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 28.8, "t": 618, "r": 216, "b": 603.36 }, "text": "DATE: September 7-8, 2026" }, { "id": "p36.5", "order": 5, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 28.32, "t": 597.36, "r": 560.16, "b": 582.24 }, "text": "SUBJECT: KSU Board: Staff Note for Agricultural Business Data Science Certificate Approval Request" }, { "id": "p36.6", "order": 6, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 28.56, "t": 576.96, "r": 331.68, "b": 561.36 }, "text": "FROM: Professor James Obielodan (Faculty Regent)" }, { "id": "p36.7", "order": 7, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 28.8, "t": 556.08, "r": 582.72, "b": 526.8 }, "text": "ITEM: ACTION— Approval to Establish the Agricultural & Business Data Science Undergraduate Certificate Program" }, { "id": "p36.8", "order": 8, "type": "heading", "bbox": { "l": 28.8, "t": 494.64, "r": 122.16, "b": 481.2 }, "text": "BACKGROUND:", "attrs": { "block_label": "paragraph_title" }, "level": 3 }, { "id": "p36.9", "order": 9, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.12, "t": 467.52, "r": 557.52, "b": 412.08 }, "text": "Agriculture is increasingly dependent on data, digital technologies, analytics, automation, geographic information systems, artificial intelligence, and evidence-based management. The proposed certificate responds to this transformation by combining agricultural knowledge with practical competencies in data acquisition, management, analysis, visualization, spatial analytics, and decision support." }, { "id": "p36.10", "order": 10, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.6, "t": 400.56, "r": 568.32, "b": 345.84 }, "text": "The program is intentionally interdisciplinary and draws upon the academic strengths of Kentucky State University's agriculture and business programs. Its curriculum is designed to prepare students to apply data and analytical tools to agricultural production, agribusiness operations, supply chains, precision agriculture, digital farm management, and related organizational decision-making." }, { "id": "p36.11", "order": 11, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.6, "t": 345.84, "r": 571.2, "b": 276.72 }, "text": "The certificate also responds to documented workforce demand. National projections cited in the program proposal identify approximately 104,766 annual job openings in food, agriculture, renewable natural resources, and environmental fields during 2025-2030, with approximately 90 percent requiring postsecondary education. The supporting workforce analysis also identifies substantial demand for science, engineering, business, management, agricultural, and analytical competencies." }, { "id": "p36.12", "order": 12, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.12, "t": 266.4, "r": 553.68, "b": 210.96 }, "text": "Kentucky-specific analysis further demonstrates opportunities in occupations related to data science, operations research, market research, agricultural science, food science, and agricultural technology. The certificate is therefore structured as an applied data competency that complements a student's primary academic discipline rather than as a substitute for a bachelor's degree." }, { "id": "p36.13", "order": 13, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.84, "t": 199.2, "r": 394.56, "b": 185.28 }, "text": "For additional information, please see the following attachments:" }, { "id": "p36.14", "order": 14, "type": "list", "bbox": { "l": 63.6, "t": 174.41999999999996, "r": 486.72, "b": 131.04 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "item_count": 3 }, "children": [ { "id": "p36.14.1", "order": 15, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 63.6, "t": 174.41999999999996, "r": 450, "b": 159.6 }, "text": "KSU Board Staff Note\\_Agricultural Business Data Science Certificate.pdf" }, { "id": "p36.14.2", "order": 16, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 64.56, "t": 160.86, "r": 486.72, "b": 145.44 }, "text": "Agricultural Business Data Science Certificate Program_Catalog Information.pdf", "marker": "•" }, { "id": "p36.14.3", "order": 17, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 64.32, "t": 146.94000000000005, "r": 473.04, "b": 131.04 }, "text": "Appendix A_Evidence of CPE Approval of KSU ABDS Certificate Program.pdf", "marker": "•" } ] }, { "id": "p36.15", "order": 18, "type": "heading", "bbox": { "l": 29.04, "t": 118.32, "r": 264.24, "b": 104.64 }, "text": "SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES:", "attrs": { "block_label": "paragraph_title" }, "level": 3 }, { "id": "p36.16", "order": 19, "type": "heading", "bbox": { "l": 29.04, "t": 92.88, "r": 159.6, "b": 79.2 }, "text": "RECOMMENDATION:", "attrs": { "block_label": "paragraph_title" }, "level": 3 }, { "id": "p36.17", "order": 20, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 33.84, "t": 65.28, "r": 569.76, "b": 23.52 }, "text": "President Koffi C. Akakpo, upon the recommendation of Academic Affairs leadership and following approval by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), recommends that the Kentucky State University Board of Regents approve the establishment of the Agricultural & Business Data Science" } ], "excluded_furniture": { "first": [], "last": [] } }