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Tuesday. September 27, 2005

By Crystal Little
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Despite recent
double-digit tuition
increases at UK.
the cost of attend-
ing a state school in
Kentucky is still
fairly low by na-
tional standards.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher
said on campus
yesterday

“They've been

cut back so much. we really
brought them back to where they
were (before the cuts)," he said of
the state's universities. “I‘m not go
ing to say we plused them.

“Folks care about tuition." he
added. “It’s still tough.”

While speaking to Professor
Mike Farrell’s JOU 499 class in the
Grehan Journalism Building.
Fletcher discussed the various op-
tions the government has for fund-
ing higher education. including tu-
ition, general fund dollars and fed-
eral grants.

Celebrating 34 years of independence

Fletcher: Don’t give up top-20 goal

Fletcher said while his adminis-
tration out about $40 million from
the Council on Postsecondary Edu-
cation when he took office to help
balance the budget. they have since
restored that money. But he also en~
couraged greater productivity from
UK in growing its endowment and
fostering valuable connections with
the business world.

“The university has to step up,
too." he said. adding that the state
government can only do so much to
fund higher education. considering
other demanding expenses like

Medicare.

In its quest to pursue top20 sta-
tus among public institutions by
the year 2020. mandated by the state
legislature. UK needs to focus on at-
tracting and retaining faculty mem-
bers who can cultivate “intellectual
property" within the university to
promote growth and benefit the in-
stitution. Fletcher said. Another
key is then effectively marketing
what UK has to offer to commercial
businesses. he said.

“If you can keep and attract the
best faculty. they’re the people

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