Kentucky: Council on Postsecondary Education

Eastern Kentucky University
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
Principal Investigator- Ms. Sandra Moore
Phone: (859) 622-3855

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child was created to address the need for intervention and to assist with the matriculation of African American students from the middle school system to the high school system and into postsecondary education. This comprehensive program exposes students to academic enrichment activities, develops their social skills, introduces them to cultural activities and encourages parental involvement. The program is open to students in grades 6 - 8 in the Madison County school system and is scheduled during the summer for a week after the closing of the middle school system.
Kentucky State University
To Care Program
Principal Investigator- Dr. Lucian Yates
Phone: (502) 597-5708
Coordinator- Mr. Don Offutt
Phone: (502) 597-6251

The To Care Program offers students in the Frankfort and Franklin County service area assistance in their transition from the primary grades to middle school and from middle school to high school. The program offers skill enrichment activities with special emphasis on African Americans in math, computer technology, reading and history. Workshops for parents are also provided.
Morehead State University
MTEP Summer Enrichment Program
Principal Investigator- Dr. Clarenda Phillips
Phone: (606) 783-2434

The Governor's Minority Teacher Education Program (GMSCPP) consists of a one-week residential experience for fifty high school and middle school students. Students participate in English, math, science, computer, career planning, and Black history classes, as well as social activities. Students are selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Transportation to and from the MSU campus, meals, classes and social activities are provided at no expense to the students.
Murray State University
Student College Preparation Program
Principal Investigator- Mr. Michael Young
Phone: (270) 762-6831

The Governor's Minority Student College Preparation Program at Murray State University is a program designed to enhance higher education opportunities for minority students in the Paducah, Mayfield and Calloway County areas. The curriculum offers programming designed to generate interest in career education to promote an early understanding of secondary and postsecondary level of education.
Northern Kentucky University
Project Aspire
Principal Investigator- Ms. Jennifer Mimms
Coordinator- Carmen Myrick
Phone: (859) 572-5752

Project Aspire offers assistance to underrepresented minority groups in their transition from middle to high school and from high school to college. Workshops are offered that focus on college selection, admission procedures, preparing for the ACT, financial aid, and computer and technological developments. The academic enrichment program is held one Saturday each month during the school year with a one-week summer day camp. Special programs are also available for participants' parents.
University of Kentucky
Minority Student College Awareness/YMCA Black Achievers and
Realizing Academic Potential (Project RAP)
Principal Investigator- Dr. Bill Turner
Coordinator- Ms. Mildred M. Bailey
Phone: (859) 257-4098

The Minority Student College Awareness/YMCA Black Achievers program provides activities of early intervention to enhance the postsecondary aspirations and success rate of upper elementary, middle and high school students. The programs emphasize integrated mathematics, science, language arts, and computer technology and include visits to UK campus, cultural activities, field trips.
Activities of the Realizing Academic Potential (Project RAP) program focuses on students at Winburn Middle School and includes activities related to academics, career awareness presentations by professionals, college campus visits, field trips and parent involvement seminars.
University of Louisville
Governor's Minority Student College Preparation
Principal Investigator- Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer
Coordinator- Ms. Mary Thorpe
Phone: (502) 852-6719

The university coordinates the early intervention efforts of public schools, higher education institutions and community groups through workshops for students, parent groups, tutorial centers and recognition programs.
- Collegiate Cadets (with Lincoln Foundation and Louisville Urban League)
  Fifty middle school students receive academic support, counseling and mentoring in an academic enrichment program.
- Youth Toward Excellence Program
  Middle school students from Jefferson County are offered assistance in basic academic skills, including reading, tutoring, counseling, study skills, mentoring, home visits and parental counseling. Sessions are held during the school year culminating in an intense one-week summer residential program.
- Health Careers Adventure Program
  The program is focused in the west Louisville area and provides sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students exposure to various health professions through a four week structured summer academic enrichment program, monthly enrichment and follow-up, and personal development seminars/workshops.
Western Kentucky University
Project AIMS
Principal Investigator- Dr. Monica Burke
Phone: (270) 745-5066
Co-Director- Mr. Creston Lynch
Phone: (270) 745-5066
Co-Director- Ms. Jackie Pillow
Phone: (270) 745-5066

Junior high and middle school students from Warren, Barren, and Simpson counties participate in enrichment programs designed to promote academic achievement, career and cultural awareness, leadership skills. Students are encouraged to establish long-term educational goals beyond high school. The goals of Project Aims are accomplished through Saturday enrichment programs, a summer educational and cultural enhancement component, and a summer academic camp.

Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Program Excel Summer Enrichment Experience
Principal Investigator- Mr. Nashid Fakhrid-Deen
Phone: (859) 246-3163
Coordinators: Kellie Rice (Ashland CC), Ruth Williams (Elizabethtown CTC), Johnette Mends-Cole (West Kentucky CTC), David Clutts (Southeast CC), Terrie Reynolds (Somerset CC), James Bowles (Madisonville CC), Sherman Bush (Jefferson CTC), TBA (Gateway CTC)

The Program Excel Summer Enrichment Experience was designed to increase awareness of the benefits and value of postsecondary education. The program also aims to prepare underrepresented minority groups to be successful in high school and college level work and to persist to high school and college graduation. The non-residential summer program offers academic enrichment activities (math, reading, computer science, and multicultural education) and includes a parent workshop to foster participation in the students' academic decisions.
Henderson Community College
Summer Enrichment Program
Coordinator- Ms. Gail Bushrod
Phone: (270) 827-1867

Summer Enrichment Program is a three-week, non-residential program for middle and junior high school students from Henderson and Union counties. Students are offered enrichment in math, reading, and science. Culturally based experiences are a part of the curriculum designed to enhance self-esteem. Program coordinators track academic progress and attendance of student participants during the following academic school year.
Hopkinsville Community College
Let's C.H.I.L.L. Program
Coordinator- Ms. Vernell Larkin
Phone: (270) 707-3875

The Let's C.H.I.L.L. Program provides tutorial services in reading, math, and science for students in grades 6 - 8. It is a four-week daytime program focusing on improving self-esteem, career awareness, money management, and pursuit of postsecondary education at graduation.

GMSCPP Program Descriptions