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  Commonwealth. That was underscored by one of the years a level of academic excellence never before
decade’s major educational developments in known in this Commonwealth.
Kentucky—the action by which the Council on
Higher Education reaffirmed the University’s Lpyw
statewide role in all fields without geographical   _ _ _ .
limitation n he turn of a decade is a convenient point,
;_ too, from which to assess the sum of our advances
  Y V { over a clearly defined period in our recent past;
    _ ln fnythgi-ance Of that mission, this University successes that may have been little noted in the 1
  throughout the decade now ending has been guided t¤Fb¤l€¤i times of ihffif 0C€¤1'F€¤C€, OY whose
V  ,   by these primary goals: significance may be fully understood only when
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 _.gn,y.·; • Improvement of undergraduate education h U _ _ , 1 h h h f_
,:   • Continued development of high-quality graduate and t E mverslty S gcnfim course t mug t C Hist
  in professional education complete decade of its second century.
  • Promotion of academic freedom and responsibility Between 1969 and 1979» the number Of Students
Q _‘p~ . V, • Expansion Of educational Opportunities enrolled for study on the Lexington campus grew by
Yi"   • Effective development and utilization of its resources 42 P€¤` 06m, fI`0m 16,161 to 22,950- During that Sami?
  • Improved ability to plan, and thereby to manage, period, enrollment in the University’s community
    change colleges leaped from 10,379 to 17,135-an increase of
i‘?l*_~.{i·;  • Application of the specialized talents and competencies 65 pei- c€nt_
  gf the U¤iv€;S;*y *0 the ¤=¢¤g¤iZ·=d imblems ¤f ¤h<= The decade ofthe seventies saw the University
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; qa award 38,344 baccalaureate, graduate and
¢.¢   Substantial progress is evident in each of these professional degrees, almost 60 per cent more than
  endeavors, but there is clearly a need for more during the preceding decade. This also exceeded the
" , ‘  improvement. From the present vantage point, I can total number of degrees awarded by the institution in
’·  envision a University that, given adequate financial the 90 years that passed from its first graduation
Q   2  support and the continued dedication of its faculty exercises in 1869 through the year 1959. During the
 j$·‘·,  and staff, is capable of achieving within the next ten Seventies, the community colleges awarded an
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