KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY

public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Frankfort, Ky., U.S. It is a land-grant university consisting of the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Applied Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Public Affairs, a community college, and Whitney M. Young, Jr., College of Leadership Studies. The School of Public Affairs is a graduate school offering a master's degree program in public policy and administration. The Whitney M. Young, Jr., College, which honours the university's most noted alumnus, offers a great-books curriculum to undergraduate students. Historically an African-American institution, Kentucky State University now has a racially balanced student body. Total enrollment is approximately 2,500. The university was founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons. The normal (teacher-training) school opened in 1887 to prepare teachers for black schools. In 1890 it was designated a land-grant college, and it graduated its first class that year. The name was changed to Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Persons in 1902 and to Kentucky State College for Negroes in 1938, shortened to Kentucky State College in 1952. Kentucky State was granted university standing in 1972.