Performance-based funding, performance-based pay, performance-based assessment:  what gives and why now?  This article goes a long way toward answering those essential questions and the picture ain’t pretty.   The model for performance-based funding outlined in the Senate budget proposal raises some questions and concerns about how the money would be distributed and what the likely
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Thomas Hobbes described the state of Nature as the “bellum omnium contra omnes,” the war of all against all. This is exactly the state of higher education funding that is contemplated here by Senate President Pro Tem, David Givens, “Whoever’s shown the best performance for the budget period we’ve described would get 100 percent of
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Are we in Kentucky lining up for an Illinois-like budget shutdown?  I sure hope not. That would be bad, bad, bad. Very bad.  News below about Senate budget plan. To view in PDF format, click here. The Senate budget maintains the governor’s dramatic proposed cuts of nine percent to postsecondary education, parts of P-12 education
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And so it begins in Kentucky…The famous American political scientist Harold Lasswell famously defined politics as who gets what, when, and how.  What is Governor Bevin getting? When is he getting it? How is he getting it?  We might also add to this why does it have to be in this particularly painful political way?
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Louisiana has funded new construction at its flagship campus in recent years of slashed higher education funding, but the state of deterioration at LSU is significant — and it is repeated across all of Louisiana’s public colleges.The Advocate reports the backlog for deferred maintenance at LSU reaches $510 million and has led to unsafe and
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Kansas lawmakers struck back at the University of Kansas on Thursday by adding a provision to the state’s budget to restrict the university from spending certain money. The provision is a response to the university decision to circumvent the Legislature’s authority last month when it issued $326.9 million in bonds. KU relied on a Wisconsin
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Bill tracking browser for Kentucky 2016 Regular Session legislation Source: KY Legislation | 2016 | Regular Session | LegiScan If you want to keep track of legislation as it works its way through the Senate and House, you can’t beat LegiScan for ease of use and comprehensive coverage from the status of the bills to
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If you want to look at some of the primary sources for the budget battle, check these out. ​2016-2018 Executive Budget Recommendation Budget in Brief (PDF Format 2,477 KB) Operating Budget – Volume I (Full Version) (PDF Format 3,712 KB) Operating Budget – Volume I (Part A) (PDF Format 1,543 KB) General Government Economic Development
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Are we seeing the rise of the shock doctrine in Kentucky higher education? Naomi Klein’s 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine, argued that the polity is vulnerable during a crisis and that while we are distracted political forces can take advantage in order to push through “unpalatable” policies.  Is Governor Bevin using his budget as a tool to exercise
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