PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

                           January 20, 1970



1.    BURCH REPORTS PARKING SITUATION GETTING BETTER

      The parking situation is much improved on campus. Joe
Burch, director of Safety and Security, reported that parking
space has increased 50 per cent since Fall. By Spring, when
the 650-area lot is completed near the Sports Center, about
8,000 spaces will be available. At the moment, around 7,500
spaces are available, accommodating all faculty and staff and
most student demands. The latter demands can be met now, Mr.
Burch said, if outlying spaces are utilized, such as the Cooper
Drive lot which is served by the campus bus service. The two
new parking structures are being used by increasing numbers of
drivers, and the 300-unit lot on Euclid Avenue between Lexington
and Harrison is helping meet new requirements following the
opening of the office tower. The most serious area remains the
Hospital environs and the lot on Scott Street remains inadequate,
but expanded facilities in the area are being considered.



2.    REGISTRATION, THOUGH INCOMPLETE, AHEAD OF YEAR AGO

      Total enrollment at the University for the spring semester
now stands at 24,545, according to Dean of Admissions Elbert W.
Ockerman. The figure a year ago was 24,324 (complete). Repre-
sented are only those students who completed registration prior to
Friday (January 16)e Late registration continues through today
(January 20). A breakdown of enrollment figures shows 14,631
(14,197 a year ago) on the Lexington campus, including the Lexing-
ton Technical Institute, 8,221 in 13 (Ft. Knox has no figures
available) community colleges, 893 in the evening class program,
and 800 in extension classes. On the Texington campus are 3,061
freshmen, 2,683 sophomores, 2,998 juniors, 3,067 seniors, 1,848
graduate students, and 36 auditors. Enrollment by college: 4,596,
Arts and Sciences; 504, Agriculture; 1,400, Business and Economics;
2,408, Education; 1,106, Engineering; 1,848, Graduate School; 386,
Law; 174, Pharmacy; 282, Architecture; 240, Allied Health; 307,
Home Economics; 272, Nursing, and 173, Lexington Technical Institute
(students who are taking academic courses). The community colleges:
Ashland, 843; Elizabethtown, 531; Hazard, 204; Henderson, 543;
Hopkinsville, 374; Jefferson, 1,850; Madisonville, 213; Maysville,
303; Northern at Covington, 1,168; Paducah, 952; Prestonsburg,
340; Somerset, 554, and Southeast at Cumberland, 346. Some 426
late registrants were not included in the breakdown by college.
A total breakdown by college of these students will be made at the
end of late registration.