1. Whose Community Is it: Mining Kentucky’s Common Wealth

2. HOUSE BILL 1 Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 enacted May 30, 1997 established the Kentucky Community and Technical College System PRIMARY PURPOSES: PRIMARY PURPOSES:  Access throughout the Commonwealth to 2-year courses of study designed for transfer to baccalaureate programs  Training to develop a workforce with the skills to meet the needs of new and existing industries  Remedial and continuing education to improve the employability of citizens

3. Ashland Hazar d Maysville Gateway Bluegrass Jefferson Madisonville Somerset Big Sandy Bowling Green Henderson Hopkinsville Elizabethtown Owensboro Southeast West Kentucky 16 COLLEGES 68 Campuses Accessible, affordable, flexible, responsive

4. Public Postsecondary Education Enrollment Undergraduates – Fall 2010

5. 73% of jobs between 2008-2018 will require an associate degree or postsecondary training, or some form of On-the-Job (OJT) training beyond the high school diploma - but less than a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree

6. 600 Certificate Diploma Associate Degree Academic and Career Programs

7. KCTCS CREDENTIALS AWARDED ANNUALLY Associate Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates

8. Serving Kentucky’s Common Wealth  Within 30 minute drive of 95% of all citizens  140,000 credit-seeking students  Trains the Commonwealth’s firefighters  31,000 nursing and allied health students  14,600 transfer students  50,000 students on line  17,000 dual credit/dual enrollment students

9. Serving the Commonwealth’s Diverse Communities

11. BEYOND THE NUMBERS: 2010-16 KCTCS Diversity Action Plan Framework In-depth/structured planning process Inclusive of key stakeholders Appreciative inquiry approach Anecdotal feedback Quantitative data review Aligns with the KCTCS 2010-16 Strategic Plan

13. Super Sunday Community/Faith-based partnerships Increase student diversity in KCTCS colleges Encourage parental involvement in educational planning Activate early college-going planning Connect educational attainment with employability Formal student advocacy targeted to persons of color System-wide effort towards a common purpose

14. Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges offer Kentucky what it needs right now…real opportunity for real people in real time.