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[edit] From University of Kentucky

[edit] Racial issues

The University of Kentucky is percieved as lacking diversity and being an unfavorable school for minorities. As of the 2005-06 academic year, only 5% of UK undergraduates are African American, and more than 88% are white. [1] Despite this perception, the University has been listed as one of the 100 Best Colleges for African-American Students. [2]

[edit] Campus safety

UK also suffers from a perception that the campus is unsafe. In a survey of 1000 female UK students, conducted in Spring 2004, 36.5% reported having been victims of rape, stalking, or physical assault while at UK. [3][4] Campus law enforcement statistics do not bear out these numbers, however, [5] and it can be assumed either that many serious crimes go unreported or that the survey conclusions were erroneous.

In response to the survey President Todd launched an initiative in September 2005 called the "Campus Safety Imperative," including a quadrupling of annual expenditures on safety. [6] Todd specifically linked campus safety to the goal of becoming a top 20 public research institution, saying, “We will never make gains toward becoming a top-20 public research institution if our students are unsafe or if they lack a sense of physical security. It is part of our fundamental mission, then, to create a campus that provides a safe place to live, to work, and to learn." [7]

In the fall 2006, two UK students and a recent graduate died with blood-alcohol levels more than twice the legal limit. This is the fifth year out of the last six in which an undergraduate has died in an alcohol-related accident early in the school year. [8]