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KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents Student Success and Enrollment Management Committee October 25, 2013 10:45 am to 11:15 am Board Room – Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky Executive Summary

The Division of Student Success and Enrollment Management (SSEM) is proud to report the achievement of several strategic divisional goals this semester and to report programmatic progress in other key areas.

The University continues to experience an increase in applications from prospective first-time freshmen for Fall 2014 this year to date as compared to last year. To date, 3500 applications have been received for Fall 2014 from prospective first-time freshmen. The number of acceptances for fall 2014 has increased by 20% over last year this time.

• The University continues to experience an increase in applications from quality prospective first-time freshmen for Fall 2014. The average cumulative high school GPA for accepted prospective first-time freshmen for fall 2014 is 3.2 and the average composite ACT score among accepted prospective first-time freshmen for fall 2014 is 20.
• Attendance at the Fall 2013 Open House was up by 188% over fall 2012 with a total of 677 participants.
• The average unmet need for KSU students has decreased from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 as a result of an increase in institutional grants and Federal Work-study provided to students.

The University continues to experience an increase in the participation and the academic success of students who utilize the Academic Center for Excellence and Student Support Services. The average GPA for those students who used ACE 8 or more times in one semester has increased from 2.64 to 2.80, and 70.86% of the students who used Student Support Services in Fall 2013 were in good academic standing at the end of the semester.

The Division is providing targeted intrusive advisement to students in the 2008 and 2009 cohorts in an effort to impact student success and graduation rates.

Two additional sworn police officers have been hired and three candidates are currently going through the state certification process before an employment officer may be made.

The Division is in the process of acquiring four new police vehicles. The goal is to have the vehicles in place by mid-Spring semester.

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