Resources


AIKCU Reports

AIKCU regularly reports on the status of independent higher education in Kentucky to the Council on Postsecondary Education, the General Assembly, our business and scholarship partners, civic groups, our constituents, the media, and the general public. Reports will be available for download on this page as they are released.

Reports in the .PDF format require the Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download available here).

Annual Reports

2007 AIKCU Annual Report
2006 AIKCU Annual Report
2005 AIKCU Annual Report

Special Reports

Private Colleges, Public Benefits - 2006
Building the Future - AIKCU Teacher Ed Report 2006

For Students and Parents

Choosing a college
Paying for college
GoHigherKY.org - Kentucky’s official one stop destination for college planning
College Navigator - Federal government site for college information.
University College and Accountability Network (U-CAN) - Consumer information about independent colleges and universities across the nation, including AIKCU members.

Links

Data/Research

National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/index.asp
CPE Data Portal - www.cpe.ky.gov/info - Data, charts, graphs, and maps related to postsecondary education in Kentucky. Provided by Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education.

Financial Aid
FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid – www.finaid.org
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Online - www.fafsa.ed.gov
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority – www.kheaa.com
The Student Loan People – www.kheslc.com

Postsecondary Education in Kentucky

GoHigherKy.org – www.gohigherky.org
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education – www.cpe.ky.gov
Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) – www.kyepsb.net
Kentucky Virtual Library – www.kyvl.org
Kentucky Virtual University – www.kyvc.org

State Government
AIKCU Policy Center
Commonwealth of Kentucky – www.ky.gov
KentuckyVotes.org – www.KentuckyVotes.org
Legislative Research Commission - http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/home.htm

Regional and National Higher Education Organizations
American Council on Higher Education - http://www.acenet.edu
Council on Independent Colleges (CIC) – www.cic.org
Education Commission of the States – www.ecs.org
Foundation for Independent Higher Education (FIHE) – www.fihe.org
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) – www.naicu.edu
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education - http://www.ncate.org/
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) – www.sacs.org
Southern Regional Education Board – www.sreb.org
US Department of Education – www.ed.gov