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In 2001, UK had 537 applications from African-Americans for the freshman class, and there
were 2,066 this year. UK had 57 African-American faculty, and there are 89 today. Changing
the front ofthe classroom has been instrumental in the increase of African-A1nericans. Provost
Subbaswamy and Vice President Judy ‘J.J.” Jackson are to be commended for their hard work in
getting the message out.
More students are transferring to UK from other higher education institutions. New transfers
number 1,147, up 10 percent from last year. That is really important because students with
associate degrees need to finish that four-year degree. Transfers from Bluegrass Community and
Technical College increased 13 percent from the entire KCTCS colleges. That is really an
improvement.
Graduate enrollment fell slightly, but there is a record enrollment of 2,206 students seeking
research doctorates, and part of our mission is to get that number up. The College of Arts and
Sciences, Engineering, and Fine Arts are seeing a record number of research doctorates.
Provost Subbaswamy targets enrollment to be around 4,000. For budgetary purposes, he tells
Admissions to beat that number. They try to accept enough applicants based upon UK’s
historical yield rate in order to get around 4,050. This year the yield is about 4,300. Provost
Subbaswamy wants that excess revenue to make sure work continues on the student-faculty ratio.
He knows that he has the flexibility to do whatever it takes to keep the quality up. President
Todd said that he is very impressed with the work that Associate Provost Don Witt and his group
have done.
J. Consent Item PR 2
Ms. Brothers referred back to PR 2 on the consent agenda which had been approved. She
asked about Leonidas Bachas on page 34 listed under Leave of Absence. She stated that this
individual is now employed as dean of another institution and questioned the leave of absence.
Provost Subbaswamy explained that there are several graduate students who need to
finish their degrees, and it is standard practice for professors to remain in a leave status so they
can serve on students’ committees.
K. Comments about New Deans
President Todd asked Provost Subbaswamy to introduce some new deans who were not
able to attend the last Board meeting. He said that Provost Subbaswamy and others in the
academic area have done a remarkable job in selecting deans. Since 2001, 15 new deans have
been hired. It is not easy to find new deans, and it is not that easy to convince them that UK has
the best deal for them. UK has gotten spectacular people, and President Todd gave Provost
Subbaswamy tremendous credit for that.
Provost Subbaswamy said that UK is very fortunate to be able to recruit outstanding
leaders. It has so much talent. UK needs leaders who are respected or who have established