Another postsecondary education institution in Kentucky is reevaluating its programs for diversity, equity and inclusion or.

Today, Ryan Quarles, president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, released a statement, quote, It says, In the coming weeks, KCTCS will be reviewing our system to ensure all programs, offices and goals align with our commitment to success for all students.

KCTCS is dedicated to inclusivity and maintaining an environment that is free of discrimination where all people are treated equal.

We are reaffirming our focus on the success of all students.

I sat down with Dr. Corales yesterday and he offered more explanation of how the community and technical college system is responding to another anticipated A.D. push by Kentucky lawmakers next year.

And so right now, this week, we're having conversations about reviewing our offices and titles and functions to make sure that we are a system that lives up to its foundational goals and that meaning and that means student success for everybody.

And we want to make sure that we have a system that is free of discrimination, that we are a system that treats every Kentuckian equally.

And we're also a system that focuses on inclusivity, meaning that all of our programs are open to any Kentuckians as well.

And so we're currently performing that work, but we want to make sure that we're compliant and that we also maintain the message and foundation that we support.

Student success for everybody, right?

All Kentuckians.

We're a big system and so we have 16 colleges.

Sometimes you see a different approach at these.

And so we're we want to, number one, make sure there's consistency across Kentucky.

Number two, I'm actually working with our peer teams across our system to prepare for these changes.

And we're going to do that, that we want to make sure that, again, we reinforce the the shared values that we have, that we're for student success for everybody.

You can see more of my interview with KCTCS President Corales about D-I and course correcting from recent audits.

That will be Monday night on Kentucky Edition.