Table 2: Number of Subjects in which Students were Under-Prepared by Institution: Incoming Classes of 2002 and 2004. (Modified from CPE Developmental Education Update, 2006, p. 8.) (Link to Developmental Education Update_p8_10-5-2006.pdf)

2002 credential-seeking cohort with placement data 2004 credential-seeking cohort with placement data

Percentage of subjects in which students were under-prepared Percentage of subjects in which students were under-prepared

One Two Three One Two Three

2-Year Public KCTCS 26.3 26.3 23.9 29.9 26.7 26.4

4-Year Eastern Kentucky Public University 21.8 15.6 10.9 22.5 16.4 8.9

Kentucky State University 12.2 24.8 50.0 19.1 24.4 37.0

Morehead State University 26.7 17.8 18.0 24.5 19.7 18.2

Murray State University 20.1 11.8 7.1 20.4 7.8 3.5

Northern Kentucky University 24.6 18.2 18.0 23.4 19.4 13.8

University of Kentucky 11.0 3.6 0.5 9.5 1.7 0.3

University of Louisville 18.8 4.7 0.7 14.6 4.0 0.8

Western Kentucky University 21.0 13.1 14.0 20.5 14.5 16.2

As the tables show, 85.3 percent of Kentucky State University's 2002 credential-seeking cohort (with placement data) was under-prepared, and 50 percent required remediation in three subject areas. The 2004 cohort improved, with 80.7 percent requiring remediation and 37 percent in three subject areas. The figures for future cohorts will likely rise once the CPE's mandate to increase ACT scores for regular college admission goes into effect at the start of the fall 2009 term. Given the University's current admissions practices, the projection for students requiring remediation in the upcoming years is 90 percent of the incoming freshman class, with more than 50 percent them requiring developmental classes in the three areas of reading, writing, and mathematics.

12