Attendance, understanding the roles and responsibilities of offices, understanding what it means to be an undergraduate student and preparation for college courses, academic planning, and the overall student experience.

6 40.2 Can you provide examples or case studies of successful first- and second-year curriculum designs that your institution considers benchmarks?

Case studies that reinforces the importance of a sense of belonging within the University and academic programs. Also case studies that leverage high impact practices to promote active and deep learning through student engagements particularly project based outcomes.

7 40.2 Could you provide more details on the Kentucky Graduate Profile's Ten Essential Skills and how they should be integrated into the course design?

Please use the following links as guidance documents: CPE Kentucky Graduate Profile – [LINK]. KSU QEP – [LINK]. The ten essential skills focus on the workforce skills our graduates need to thrive in their chosen fields of study or careers. KSU recommends integration into assignments where our students can be assessed on how well they are acquiring and utilizing these ten essential skills to support intellectual curiosity, growth, and vitality.

8 40.2 Are all the learners first-year students, or do we have second-year students too? Will the second-year students include new enrolments or old first-year students graduating? Can you provide an approximate number of students in the target audience?

Yes, KSU recommends developing the FYE with the intent that all learners will be first-year students. Yes, subsequently, develop the SYE with the intent that all learners will be second-year students. In the past three years, we enrolled approximately 350 first-year students. Our current Fall 2024 target for first-time, full-time student enrollment is 1,000.

9 40.2 Keeping in view your learners and the type of content, do you have any optimal duration for each module/topic in mind?

No, KSU does not have an optimal duration for each module topic. We request the consultant assist us with establishing