is a product of the community college system himself.

And part 2 of my interview with Dr Corals.

He shares Kctcs his proposal on dual credit and addresses questions about faculty tenure.

We pick up our conversation with efforts to ease the course credit transfer from two-year colleges to four-year universities.

>> Well, regardless what happens this session, we are already working very hard with our our ones like UK, a new bill to renew transfer agreements in just 2 weeks ago, we signed a historic deal with Western Kentucky University and the other comprehensives are in line as well to make sure that if you are a student at kctcs, you get your associates degree that it's a seamless transfer to a public and also a private universities here in Kentucky as well.

However, we still occasionally sometimes hear of a student that took a class that that did not.

I have that class transferred.

So we're trying to work the kinks out.

We know that the General Assembly cpe the governor's office all want to make sure that it is seamless.

One, Kentucky, higher education system and kctcs.

We have 14,000 students every year transfer to a four-year.

And so we're going to continue to run your transfer agreements, but also identify perhaps across or to that may have to take.

All right.

Yeah.

>> I did not say that I was going to ask is but it made me think about it because there were some discussions today a little bit that didn't quite go there about 10 yr.

Yes.

And you know, the representative Tipton has the bill about.

It's not really called tenure as he pointed out during a committee hearing.

But it has some effect on the firing of faculty and even the president should be or she not be doing his or her job.

>> What will be the potential impacts on Kctcs if that measure were to pass?

>> Well, we do have tenure, faculty members at Kctcs but not not every college as well.

So again, we're gonna wait to see what's actually in the bill to see how it would impact us as well.

But as it as a sitting president, I would encourage an annual evaluation, which is actually required my board of regents.

And so for us, we're gonna wait to see how it impacts us.

Yeah.

>> What do you see as being some pressure points on the community and technical college system where we have a commitment to access for all affordability and workforce.

And so one thing we pride ourselves on is that we're half the price of a four-year public university, Kentucky to make sure that we pride ourselves on the market at the same time, 4,000 full-time teammates, a kctcs.

And so when it comes to our budget, we like to say where the value leader in Kentucky.

But the same time you make sure tuition is affordable.

And so there's always going to be budgetary pressures as well.

This thing is is that we're happy to be educating Kentuckians.

He had a couple bumps in the road, whether they're in our prisons or jails.

They're seeking treatment at a recovery center across Kentucky.

And also don't forget, we're the largest provider Gds in our state over half a Geezer ward through kctcs.

And so we're educating Kentuckians that that may need a little extra help.

It costs us a little bit more.

So that's another area.

We're proud of that work.

Well, thank you.

Dr calls.

Always a pleasure.

Thank you so much.

Anything else you'd like to add?

Well, its springtime in Kentucky, a lot of students are choosing where to go to start a college career.

High schools are currently taking our dual credit classes.

And so start with us.

And the sky's the limit after you get through a kctcs.

The.

>> So that reminds me of another question is there's a recommendation for you all to be the sole dual credit.

Is that right?

And and why do you want to have such ownership of it?

>> We'll right now.

Kctcs provides 70% of all do credit in Kentucky.

And so my team after all for years.

So of an analysis recommended that we become like Florida where we are the sole provider.

However, we know that that politically it will not happen.

And so we just want to start a conversation about dual credit in Kentucky because now there's so many choices for students.

I think it is appropriate that we work with CP and our other public universities and private so that our high schoolers have a better and maybe a phising opportunity when they choose which store credit classes are in the Texas where the start that conversation.

>> Enrollment at Kentucky's community and technical colleges is up by 7% from this time last year.

President Coral says Kctcs is working toward a more active role in preparing students and aviation maintenance as well as stone masonry.

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