From Inside Higher Ed: Kentucky State University projects its enrollment will drop by about 20 percent by next spring, partly due to a new state law that forces the institution to disenroll students who owe the university money, a spokesperson says. “The projected enrollment drop includes a number of factors, of which the financial components of SB [Senate Bill] 185 are significant,” said Michael Strysick, the university’s chief strategic communications officer.
He said total in-person and online student enrollment in the spring, including dual enrollment high school students, was 2,873, but the university estimates that will decline to 2,300 by next spring... SB 185—which the GOP-controlled General Assembly passed and Democratic governor Andy Beshear signed into law in April—gives the state significant financial control of the historically Black university. Among many other things, it says students who owe the university $1,000 or more for over 60 days will be disenrolled...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/06/11/kentucky-state-projects-enrollment-plunge-after-new-law.
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