Members of the Kansas Board of Regents today (THUR) criticized the cuts to higher education in a budget passed by the state Legislature. The bill includes across-the-board reductions and millions of dollars more in cuts to funding for salaries. The amounts vary widely by institution, with Emporia State University cut by nearly 5 percent and the University of Kansas Medical Center cut by more than 4 percent. Regent Fred Logan says the cuts to KU Med are too large to cover with tuition increases.
KU Med officials told the Board of Regents that a 12 percent tuition increase would be necessary to completely offset the funding cut, but KU Med is requesting a tuition increase of more than 5 percent. Some legislators have said the state needs to look at overall higher education spending and the return on investment the state receives.
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Members of the Kansas Board of Regents are criticizing budget cuts to higher education. At a meeting yesterday (THUR), regents reviewed the
cuts and proposed tuition increases at Kansas universities. As KPR's Stephen Koranda tells us, the budget passed by lawmakers includes across-the-board cuts and millions of dollars more in reductions to salaries.