October 21, 2005
Public Colleges in Florida and Kentucky Criticized for Drops in Black Enrollment
Public-university officials in Florida and Kentucky have been taking heat for declines in black enrollment.
The University of Kentucky enrolled 40 percent fewer black freshmen this fall than last year, while black students' share of the total freshman enrollment at Florida's public universities is the smallest it has been since 1999.
At Kentucky — where the number of black freshmen dropped from 256, or 6 percent of the entering class, to 151, or 4 percent —
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