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Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2023
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education's (CPE's) diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts help ensure that all students, no matter their story, succeed in college. This is achieved through statewide policy that fosters strategic planning and accountability at the campus level and facilitates improvement in three key areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Diversity (Institutional)
Gough, David Barrett – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation provides an ecocritical history of Robinson Forest, a southern Appalachian forest owned by the University of Kentucky. The objective of this dissertation is to examine the literary, environmental, and cultural history of Robinson Forest from its geologic formation to the present, paying particular attention to the production of…
Descriptors: Forestry, History, Physical Environment, American Indians
Zinth, Jennifer Dounay – Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2013
In recent years, career/technical education (CTE) has risen to the top of the education policy agenda for governors, legislators, and agency heads. As a result of informed interest among key education leaders, the CTE policies and programs being advocated and implemented today bear little resemblance to those in place not long ago. Among the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Readiness, Educational Change, Graduation Requirements
Trombley, William H., Ed.; Sallo, Todd, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2012
In the first decade of the 21st century, the nation, the states, and colleges and universities began to grapple with the challenges of globalization, changing demography, the implications of the digital era, and of a less expansive public sector. Although not a transformative period for higher education, the decade saw significant innovations in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Community Colleges
Public Agenda, 2006
This report explores the true position of public libraries today, in the minds not only of library users, but of the people who run libraries and those who provide oversight and funding. This study is the first step in the development of a national agenda for libraries and library funding in the 21st century. Findings from this study indicate…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Administration, Library Services, Public Opinion
Kentucky Community and Technical Coll. System, Lexington. – 2000
The paper discusses educational planning for Kentucky Community and Technical College System. A responsive and flexible system of postsecondary education is the most important tool needed to help Kentucky flourish in the early decades of the 21st century. Right now, the proportion of the population with less than a high school diploma is greater…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies, Futures (of Society)