The head of Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education foresees a dire future for higher education if the state can’t correct its budget woes soon. CPE President Robert King told a budget subcommittee today that Governor Steve Beshear’s 6.4 percent budget cut on higher education will definitely mean higher tuition for college students. But another increase won’t… Continue reading CPE President Says Higher Tuition Won’t Make Up for Budget Cuts
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Higher Ed Chief Discusses Plan To Boost Graduation Rates
Robert King says 43 percent of college freshmen in Kentucky enter the university needing remediation. And in this tough economy, even students who can handle the academics often find they can’t afford college.
New CPE Chief Begins Work
From Kentucky Public Radio’s Tony McVeigh The new president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education is on the job. After a nationwide search, the CPE hired Robert King, former chancellor of the State University of New York, as its new president. King, who headed an Arizona charitable foundation after leaving New York, had until… Continue reading New CPE Chief Begins Work
CPE Selects New Leader
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education has hired the former leader of New York’s state university system to be its new president.