EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

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EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
LEARNING
SERVING
GROWING
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Business Plan Learning, Serving, Growing

• Includes growth goals, strategies and resources
  needed
• Campus-wide input
• Planned region-wide inputCommunity Blitz Oct.
  23-Nov. 13
• Meetings in Manchester, Hazard, Corbin-London,
  Somerset, Lexington, Richmond-Berea, Danville,
  Lancaster
• Input from superintendents and principals, state
  legislators, mayors, county judge-executives,
  community college presidents, private
  institutions, Chamber officials, media, EKU alumni

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Business Plan
LEARNING
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Challenges and Opportunities

• EKU has nearly twice U.S. average
  first-generation students
• Preparedness of incoming students
• 55 under-prepared in 1 or more basic skills
  areas (46 statewide)
• 30 under-prepared in all 3 basic skill areas
• Currently 3,200 developmental enrollments in 140
  developmental courses
• Number of under-prepared students will grow as
  enrollment grows

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Education and Income
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Earnings by Degree
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Business Plan
SERVING
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Service to Region

• History
• Working with K-12
• Main supplier of educators, health care, law
  enforcement professionals
• Economic development
• Workforce Training
• Current Examples
• Regional Stewardship
• EKU campuses in Corbin, Danville and Manchester
• Lancaster Higher Education Center
• Classes at Somerset Community College, Univ.
  Center of the Mountains
• Center for Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
  Technology
• Small Business Development Center
• Eastern Kentucky Environmental Research Institute
• Center for Appalachian Studies
• AmeriCorps
• Southeast/South Central Educational Cooperative

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Our Primary Service Region
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22-County Campus

• The Concept
• Center for Student Opportunity Advancement
  (Educational Extension Agents)
• Representatives cover 1 or 2 counties each
• Work with all EKU campuses, community/technical
  colleges, P-12
• Reach students at younger age
• Promote importance of education
• Develop educational opportunities suited to LOCAL
  needs

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22-County Campus . . .

• Strengthen partnerships with K-12 for
  identification, intervention
• More specific consideration as to needs of
  non-traditional students
• Focus on professional development as target means
  for addressing issues
• Enhance University collaborations with business,
  industry, education and government.

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Business Plan
GROWING
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Kentuckys Challenge
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Bachelor Degree Production
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Three Questions

• How does EKU propose to grow?
• Enrollment, baccalaureate degrees
• Growth strategies, initiatives
• How will KY benefit from this growth?
• How much funding is needed to attain this growth?

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Enrollment and Retention
Growth Strategies

• Continued and strengthened focus on developmental
  education
• Expand programs, services to better ensure
  student success
• Advising
• Tutoring
• Mentoring
• Counseling
• Focus on professional development
• Financial aid scholarship support
• BEACON Program for service region (Bringing
  Educational Access to the Commonwealth and Our
  Nation)
• Student debt load consideration
• Reduction of need for student off-campus
  employment

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Enrollment Projections
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Enrollment Projections By Source
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Growth Strategies
Enrollment and Retention . . .

• Economize degree attainment
• Review of hours needed to complete degree
  programs
• Alternative curriculum delivery methods
• Strengthen high school dual credit programs
• Partner with P-12 to include identification of
  intervention strategies
• Early Childhood Center
• Full-time, part-time child care
• Linked directly to EKU Early Childhood
  Development academic program

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GROWTH STRATEGIES . . .

• Center for Student Opportunity Advancement
• Educational Extension Agent concept
• EKU Corbin, Danville and Manchester campuses
• Expand program offerings
• Focus on programs to meet area needs (e.g.
  nursing)
• More specific focus on timing, curriculum
  offerings for adult, part-time students
• KCTCS Partnerships Continue to promote current
  initiatives
• Transfer Center
• EKU admissions counselor based at BGCTC
• Scholarships for qualifying KCTCS students
• Increase in KCTCS numbers transferring to 4-year
  institutions

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Capital Projects
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Capital Projects Learning and Growth

• State Appropriation
• Science Building, Phase II, 41 million
• Business/Technology Center II, 3.5 million
• College of Education Complex, 59 million
• Aviation Facility, 5.6 million
• Danville Postsecondary Education Center, 13.3
  million
• Restricted Agency Funds 
• Stratton Building Addition, 5 million
• Library Studio for Academic Creativity, 2.25
  million
• EKU Early Childhood Center, 3.284 million
• Purchase of Property, 3 million

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Capital Projects Serving

• State Appropriation
• Renovate Student Health Center, 2.07 million
• University Activity Center, Phase II 18.05
  million
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• Restricted Agency Funds 
• Renovate Blanton House, 1.1 million
• Renovate Watts Property, 2 million
• Expand Indoor Tennis Facility, 1.1 million
• Expand and Renovate Presnell Building, 2.2
  million
• Baseball Complex, 2 million
• Renovate Softball Complex, 1.5 million

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EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
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