FRANKFORT, Ky. — The University of Louisville had made progress in the form of gains in undergraduate enrollment, retention and degree production in 2022-23, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) heard at its September business meeting.
Dr. Kim Schatzel, UofL president, reported in a presentation on UofL’s progress toward key performance targets that the university also became a top destination for transfer students, and it expanded scholarships to reduce unmet need for students.
Additionally at the meeting, CPE action on the following items:
- Approved a new master’s degree of social work at Morehead State University.
- Approved college readiness indicators for academic years 2025-26 and 2026-27. These are minimum benchmark scores on standardized exams that campuses use to guide placement decisions.
- Approved a Memorandum of Understanding between CPE and Northern Kentucky University creating the NKU Tri-state program. This program will enable first-time freshmen from Ohio and Indiana to pay the in-state annual tuition rate, plus all mandatory fees, beginning fall 2025.
- Approved a request from KCTCS to use funds from the 2022-24 and 2024-26 asset preservation pools to raze the Somerset Community College Laurel South Campus building and replace it with a new building at the Laurel North Campus.
- Approved a request from KCTCS to raze and replace a pedestrian bridge on the Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Whitesburg Campus, contingent on updated cost estimates.
In other business, the Council:
- Received reports from CPE President Aaron Thompson, Department of Education Deputy Commissioner Thomas Tucker, and Council student member, Chloe Marstiller.
- Heard reports from the Academic and Strategic Initiatives Committee, the Executive Committee and the Finance Committee.
- Reviewed Good News reports submitted by Kentucky’s public and AIKCU campuses.
Council meeting materials are available here. The next meeting of the Council will be held on November 22 at Bellarmine University.
The state’s higher education coordinating agency, the Council on Postsecondary Education is leading transformation in Kentucky’s workforce, economy and quality of life by advancing progress in educational attainment. It is undertaking the 60×30 goal to raise the percentage of working-age Kentuckians with a postsecondary degree or certificate to 60% by the year 2030.
