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the time of the presentation of the budget request for the 1966-68 biennium that
the budget is an attempt to express in financial terms the needs and programs
of the University. Of equal importance is the manner in which the educational
programs are to be offered. A year and a half ago at the June 1Z, 1964,
meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Board members were presented a volume
entitled BEGINNING A SECOND CENTURY The University of Kentucky Academic
Program: Analysis and Prospects. This volume, which resulted from a careful
study conducted by the members of the faculty, administrative staff, and the
Board, was in a sense an analysis of where the University stood, what demands
would be made upon it in the next decade, the number of students anticipated, the
kind of programs to be offered, the research facilities available, and the
prospects for meeting these demands. In his presentation, President Oswald
emphasized to the Board of Trustees that the Academic Analysis provided the basis
for launching a year of faculty study and review of many areas and that the Aca-
demic Program presented today was the result of this year's attempt to answer
many crucial questions. He reminded the Board of Trustees that in June 1964,
they took the following action: that the University of Kentucky Academic Program
Analysis and Prospects be adopted as a guideline for future action.

       Following the action of June 1964, adopting the Academic Analysis, Presi-
dent Oswald stated that he had met with the entire University facultyand had pre-
sented the document as a challenge, a statement of mission, and a point of
departure for a University-wide study. The Senate Council was given the re-
sponsibility of considering ways and means of handling lower division instruction
and an overall improvement of the basic liberal arts instruction for undergradu-
ates. Also individual college faculty committees were appointed to make intensive
studies of their various areas of concern and the reports of each committee were
turned over to the Senate Council, which took on the responsibility of bringing the
several reports into focus, integrating them, and recommending a final plan. The
President cited two individuals among many who have provided great leadership in
this study - Dr. Lewis Cochran, Acting Provost, and Dr. Edmund Pellegrino,
Chairman of the Senate Council. The plan contains three sets of recommendations:
(1) Recommendations to the University Senate, (2) Recommendations to the College
Faculties for further study and action, and (3) Recommendations to the Adminis-
tration for consideration and future administrative implementation. The document
has been considered by the University Senate at several different sessions. The
document presented today has been approved by the University Senate and is now
presented to the Board of Trustees for ratification and endorsement of the'actions
taken by the Senate. The Trustees were asked to take note of those recommen-
dations to the colleges and the President said those recommendations to the adminis-
tration were being considered and would come to the Trustees for action at a later
date.

        President Oswald then asked Dr. Pellegrino and Dr. Cochran to discuss
the report. Dr. Pellegrino gave a brief analysis of the procedures followed by the
Senate Council in the preparation of the document and called attention to the fact



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