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Meet the enrofllment and persistence goals of the Kentucky Plan for Equal Opportunities in
Higher Education. Goal #3 - incr-ease the percentage oftresident African-Amnerican
graduate students to the saime level as resident Afirican-Aimerican students who receive
baccalaureate degrees.
The 3.4 percent goal has been achieved. In 1995, there were 4.7 percent African-
American students receiving baccalaureate degrees.

Meet the employment goals of the Universitv Afflirmative Action Plan.
Goal #2 - Increase the percentage of women in executive, administrative, and mnanagerial
positions to 41 percent iin both the Universitv System and the Communitv College System.
This goal has been achieved in both the University System and the Community College
System.

Meet the emiplovment goals of the Universitv Affirmativ'e Action Plan. Goal #3 - Incr-ease
the percentage ofAfrican-Amiet icans in faculty positions to 3 percent in the Universitv
Svstem and maintain the percentage ofAfrican-Americans in7 fcultv positions in the
Comm unity College System.
This goal has been achieved in the University System. The Community College System's
goal is 5.4 percent, and the percentage dropped one point below the goal last fall.

Complete construction of the William T Young Libraryv bv 1996.
The construction is to be completed in September and a move into this new facility is
scheduled for the spring semester 1998.

Incr-ease graduate distance learning sites thr-ough interactive video to tell.
This goal has been overachieved. Sites have been added at Somerset, the Health Science
Learning Center in Lexington, the Center for Rural Health and Prestonsburg Community
College. There will be a total of 16 distance sites outside of Lexington this fall.

Make the Universitv retirement contribution for staff equal to that for facult'.
The University retirement contribution went from 8 percent in 1990-91 to 10 percent as
proposed in the annual operating budget for this year.

       President Wethington said that this is a brief report of the Strategic Plan and a
report on a few selected indicators showing the Board some of the progress that has been
made and some of the areas in which there still needs to be some significant progress. The
administration will begin working on the next version of the Strategic Plan. The next
version will be brought back to the Board at this time next year. Specifically, the
administration will look at the changes that are envisioned as a result of the goals and
objectives set out in the new education improvement act recently passed by the General
Assembly.