Introduction

This SEM plan was developed as a prescriptive guide to improve KSU's admission, enrollment, persistence and graduation outcomes. The processes outlined in this plan support the following KSU Strategic Goals.

Goal 1 Enhance Student Enrollment, Improve Student Life and Engagement, and Improve Student Advising and Career Development.

Goal 2 Achieve Academic Excellence Across all Programs and Colleges, Increase Student General Education Skills, Degree Persistence, Career Readiness and Graduation Rates.

By accomplishing the goals above, KSU will move closer to its vision for a brighter future. KSU's newly crafted vision statement follows.

Vision

Kentucky State University (KSU) a Historically Black College and University will become a nationally ranked, liberal arts university known for providing students and graduates with the skills necessary to thrive in life and professionally. KSU will be renowned for the leadership of our graduates, excellence of our programs, quality of our instruction, innovation of our research and outreach, and the significant contributions we make to our community, state, nation, and the world.

Through this vision, KSU will gain widespread recognition as one of the region's strongest universities. In support of this plan, and as a university of distinction, Kentucky State University will create an environment where:

• Students are first.
• Diversity is valued, understood and respected.
• Diverse, motivated and talented students, staff and faculty are actively recruited and retained.
• An intellectual environment conducive to leadership in teaching, research and community service is encouraged and supported.
• Effective teaching is promoted both inside and outside the classroom.
• Students are taught how to obtain, evaluate and use information.
• Learning is lifelong.
• Effective and efficient fiscal management by the administration is the norm.
• Collegiality is the norm, not the exception.
• Each person is a change agent.
• Excellence starts with me.

It is within this new environment that KSU will fully meet the test of its mission. The newly crafted Mission Statement follows:

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