Increase collaboration and foster efficiency and effectiveness in delivering courses and programs. Enhance educational quality. Increase global competitiveness of Kentucky's educational resources. The KYVU shall not be a freestanding, separately accredited degree-granting institution but will function with standing and ad hoc advisory committees, including an academic council. Adopt an organizational structure for managing KYVU daily operations.
Conduct needs assessments for courses, degree programs, and services.
Develop a statewide plan for providing and marketing distance-learning access to postsecondary education. Identify appropriate providers to meet identified needs. Emphasize efficiency in the delivery of coherent programs of study normally leading to certificates or degrees, and in providing administrative and academic support services to students and faculty. Develop and maintain a clearinghouse system that, among other things, will provide a focal point for student and educator access to a wide variety of services, a statewide catalogue of information for students, and a statewide schedule of KYVU courses and program offerings. Establish principles of good practice and quality standards for educational offerings.