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Dear Colleagues,
During the past several years, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations about what success truly means for WKU. Institutions of higher education are often judged by the number of students they enroll. However, as I have shared before, we have intentionally shifted away from measuring ourselves primarily by headcount toward a more meaningful measure of institutional effectiveness.
Institutions can always widen the front door. But too often that approach means admitting students we know are not yet positioned to thrive. And in some cases, it may mean investing scarce scholarship dollars simply to reach an arbitrary number.
Since 2017, we have made deliberate and sometimes difficult decisions - strengthening admissions standards, adding additional support mechanisms for students who may be at risk and aligning our resources more intentionally around student success. Those decisions reflect our commitment to inviting students to WKU who are prepared to succeed while ensuring that we surround them with the academic support, mentoring and engagement opportunities necessary to help them flourish.
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