Campus bursting at the seams, and there is no end in sight

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The University of Louisville is short on space, and the problem keeps getting worse.  According to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, U of L has a 68 percent deficit in classroom space, by far the largest deficit among Kentucky’s comprehensive state universities.
Since the fall of 2000, U of L’s total student headcount has increased 5 percent, but no new classrooms have been built.  U of L is a state institution, meaning the Kentucky General Assembly must approve any new construction on the Belknap Campus, and the only structure that has been approve since 2000 is the Belknap Research Building, which has no classrooms.
Meanwhile, U of L has received numerous budget cuts from the state since 2002, further crippling any hopes for expansion.
All of this, combined with increasing student retention at U of L is leading to an increasingly crowded campus.