Kentucky Universities Post Strong Gains in Black Faculty

There are 14 new black faculty members at the University of Louisville this year. Since the 2002-03 academic year the number of black faculty at the University of Louisville has increased from 61 to 98. This is an increase of more than 60 percent over the past five years. Blacks now make up more than 7 percent of the full-time faculty at the university.

At the University of Kentucky there are 10 new black faculty members this year, the largest increase in the past five years. There are now 81 black faculty members at the University of Kentucky. They make up 3.7 percent of all full-time faculty members.

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