March 2010, Issue 13

When Ali Wright was considering her college choice, she had plenty of options close to her North Carolina home.

She chose Western Kentucky University because the Biology Department provides opportunities for incoming students to participate in hands-on research activities. "I wasn't sure I could have had that opportunity at a school back home," Wright said.

For the sixth straight year, Western Kentucky University has achieved continuing Degree Program Eligibility status based on the eight categories of the Kentucky Plan for Equal Opportunities by meeting the goals in all eight.



By surpassing the minimum level of successful achievement, WKU is automatically eligible to offer new degree programs. The report, which was presented today to the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), is based on data from 2008-09 which showed that WKU successfully met all eight objectives.