Now we know why Fayette County schools canceled deal for middle school land: Asbestos.
Asbestos was found on the 20 acres of land along Squires Road that Fayette County school officials decided not to purchase from the Kentucky American Water Company to build a … Click to Continue »
Kentucky ends free tuition program for 1,100 UK employees. Here’s what happens next.
More than 1,000 employees at the University of Kentucky will be able to continue working on degrees they’ve begun at other universities under a new program announced Tuesday. Those employees … Click to Continue »
In Kentucky, here’s how much your tuition could go up next year
Kentucky’s public universities will be limited to a 6 percent tuition increase over the next two years, the state’s higher education governing board ruled Friday. The Council on Postsecondary Education … Click to Continue »
A $200 million ‘community.’ Check out the new UK Student Center.
What can you buy for $200 million? Well, when it comes to the renovated University of Kentucky Student Center, just about anything and everything, from a three-story atrium that mimics … Click to Continue »
Student newspapers in Kentucky are in crisis. We need them now more than ever.
It is no secret America’s free press is under attack. Politicians now scream “fake news” whenever reporters expose their lies and misdeeds. Some broadcast networks and websites sow public distrust … Click to Continue »
Pastors group urges state takeover of Jefferson schools
With just days remaining until Jefferson County Public Schools learns the results of a sweeping, 14-month management audit, a group of local faith leaders is calling for a state takeover … Click to Continue »
Here lies higher education. Students hold funeral in Capitol.
EKU students held a mock funeral to protest budget cuts to Kentucky higher education on Monday, April 23, 2018. … Click to Continue »
Mock funeral held in Kentucky Capitol, where higher education was ‘killed’
A small group of mourners in black followed an empty coffin into the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda Monday morning to protest state budget cuts to Kentucky’s higher education system. More specifically, … Click to Continue »
Bevin’s war on public education must stop. Quit insulting teachers and listen to them.
Sensing a lull in Gov. Matt Bevin’s war on public education, my wife and I left Kentucky for a short vacation. I thought it would be safe. As we flew … Click to Continue »
KSU dorm to get $900,000 make-over instead of $18 million re-do
A Kentucky State University building that was once on the path to demolition is getting a second life. At a Monday board meeting, Kentucky State University regents approved renovation of … Click to Continue »
#blackout Bevin: Governor’s words prompting another teacher protest
Some educators on social media said they would wear black on Monday as a show of solidarity against what they viewed as Gov. Matt Bevin’s negative comments about teachers. On … Click to Continue »
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