BACKGROUND: Kentucky State University is currently undergoing the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges' (SACSCOC) reaffirmation process.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES: Pursuant to SACSCOC's newly adopted Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Section 4, Standard 4.2.c, requires that a University's "Governing Board selects and regularly evaluates the institution's chief executive officer."

In addition, The Gold Book: Bylaws of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents, Article II, Section 2(b), requires the Board to “review and evaluate, on an annual basis, the performance of the President of the University according to written objectives, specific and general, developed by the President in conjunction with the Board as presented at the outset of each academic year.”

As such, the presidential evaluation questionnaire along with the presidential evaluation process is submitted to the Board of Regents for review and approval.

ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC GOALS: Goal 3—Increase the University's Financial Strength and Operational Efficiency.

Goal 5—Obtain Maximum Institutional Effectiveness through the Implementation of a Continuous Quality Improvement Process framed within the seven Baldrige Performance Excellence in Education criteria.