Student leaders and alumni at Kentucky State University met to strategize amendments to a state Senate bill they say could change the identity of the commonwealth’s only public historic Black university. Senate Bill 185, which passed unanimously in the Senate, would define K-State’s mission as a land grant polytechnic institution. Student leaders say the polytechnic portion of the bill would change the original purpose of the HBCU, which was established in 1886. The bill also calls for changes to admission requirements and could impact Greek life. Student concerns over polytechnic designation Mugissa Donatien, senior class president, said the polytechnic designation
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