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      D.   Resolutions

      Professor Miller, representative of the Community College System on
the Board, said that he would like to present the following Resolution to the
Board:

WHEREAS, The Governor of Kentucky is seriously studying higher education
and recommending measures for improvement, and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly has assigned the University of Kentucky the
mission of providing Kentuckians throughout the Commonwealth with
higher education opportunities, and

WHEREAS, the University of Kentucky Community College System benefits
from its association with a nationally ranked research university, and

WHEREAS, the University has the potential of becoming one of the top 20
research universities in the nation if significant additional funding is provided
by the General Assembly, and

WHEREAS, community college students resoundingly report that they want to
continue to be UK students to reap the tangible benefit and prestige of earning
college credits and a diploma from the "University of Kentucky," and

WHEREAS, almost a half a million Kentucky citizens have attended the
community colleges associated with the University of Kentucky, and

WHEREAS, half a million Kentucky citizens annually benefit from the wide
range of community-based programs available at the community colleges, and

WHEREAS, business and government leaders in cities and towns of Kentucky
served by the community colleges recognize that the services provided by those
community colleges enhance economic development, and

WHEREAS, students from the community colleges transfer to Kentucky four-
year institutions at a rate that rivals any community college system in the
nation, and

WHEREAS, separating the community colleges from UK would create new
layers of needless bureaucracy in Frankfort, at a high cost to Kentucky taxpayers,
and

WHEREAS, the members of the Board and the University administration are
committed to working with the Governor and the General Assembly to achieve