KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents 1:15 p.m., May 11, 2011 Board Room, Julian M. Carroll Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky
Chairperson Laura Douglas called the meeting of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents to order at 1:17 p.m. on May 11, 2011.
Chairperson Douglas began the meeting by welcoming attendees to the Board meeting and congratulating President Sias and the staff for a wonderful KSU Gala on April 16, 2011. Chairperson Douglas also congratulated the 2011 KSU graduates. Chairperson Douglas permitted Dr. Sias to introduce a special guest presenter for today's meeting.
Dr. Sias introduced Mr. Bob King, President of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), to offer brief remarks regarding the new statewide 2011-15 Strategic Agenda, Stronger by Degrees. Mr. King distributed documents outlining the educational challenges Kentucky continues to face, including, lower educational attainment than most of the nation; the large number of entering college freshmen meeting college readiness standards in 2008-09; difficult fiscal condition of Commonwealth and nation; and low rankings on national measures of economic competitiveness.
Mr. King provided the four areas of focus that CPE has adopted for Kentucky's public postsecondary educational institutions to assist in addressing its educational attainment challenges: 1) College Readiness; 2) Student Success; 3) Research, Economic and Community Development; and 4) Efficiency and Innovation.
According to Mr. King, universities must have rigorous teacher education programs as well as increased and enhances professional development offerings for current teachers. Mr. King also expects that universities will develop programs to further assist elementary and secondary schools to be more successful in identifying student deficiencies and remediating these deficiencies prior to graduation.