This 2014 Institutional Diversity Plan Assessment documents an evaluation over the period 2013 to 2014 in the four areas required by the CPE Diversity Policy: (1) student body diversity, (2) student success/closing the achievement gap, (3) workforce diversity, and (4) campus climate. The report highlights the general progress made from the two established diversity goals named here. To address these areas, KSU's two diversity goals are:
to continue efforts to recruit and retain a majority population of African American students, and
to recruit and retain students from other ethnic minority groups and the majority population (as defined by the demographic makeup of the University's service area, e.g. Franklin, Scott, Anderson, Shelby, Henry, and Owen counties). These goals were formulated to sustain KSU's identity as the Commonwealth's only Historically Black College and University and to address CPE's emphasis on expanding institutional reach to sustain inclusivity.
In collaboration with Student Affairs, Business Affairs, and Institutional Research, information was collected by the Office of Academic Assessment and Evaluation to complete this 2014 annual assessment of the Kentucky State Institutional Diversity Plan.
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