What’s next for Kentucky State? Board chair eager to revamp academics, protect students

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 1,484

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A bill that Kentucky State University leaders hope forges a new path for the state’s historically Black public university has been signed into law.

Now Kentucky State’s governing board has until June 1 to recommend which academic programs will survive and which will be closed or substantively changed as the university moves into its new role as a polytechnic focused on science and technology.

The legislature’s push to pare down KSU’s academic offerings raised alarm …

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