February 18, 2013, the University was awarded a contract from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in the amount of $1,916,610. The award cycle ends on June 30, 2014, with the option for extensions. The PI on the contract is Dr. Penny Smith. Dr. Smith and her team will coordinate workforce development activities for the Louisville Bridges construction project.
There are a total of 578 dual credit students enrolled at Kentucky State University this spring. The most storied accomplishment to date has been the Access to Algebra course. The enrollment progression of this course alone is listed below:
Fall 2009 – 82 Spring 2010 - 99
Fall 2010—48
Spring 2011 - 143
Fall 2011 – 87
Spring 2012 – 349
Fall 2012 – 102 Spring 2013 – 502
The Fall, 2012 results for the students who participated in Access to Algebra are as follows:
Final Statistics for Fall 2012
| No ACT | ACT < 19 | 19 ≤ ACT < 22 | ACT ≥ 22 | Final Results |
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| ACT math subscore | | | | | |
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| Subtotal | 3 | 29 | 12 | 57 | Total = % |
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| Pass With C or Better | | 5/29
17.2% | 8/12
66.6% | 39/57
68.4% | 52 = 51% |
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| Grade of D | 2/3
66.6% | 5/29
17.2% | 1/12
8.3% | 5/57
8.8% | 13 = 12.7% |
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| Withdrawal or Fail | 1/3
33.3% | 19/29
65.5% | 3/12
25% | 13/57
22.8% | 36 = 35.3% |
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| Total % For ACT math subscore | 2.5% | 28.4% | 11.7% | 55.8% | 102 |
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Online enrollment for the Fall 2012 – Spring 2013 academic year so far has yielded a total of 3919 enrollments in 226 total courses offered online. The figures for Summer are not figured into this amount. The Office of Continuing and Distance Education is developing a strategy for offering online courses.