Budget advances with ‘devastating’ cuts to KU - Scott Rothschild, Baldwin City

Kansas University Medical Center will lose at least 30 nursing student slots and 15 residency positions and the Lawrence campus will lose 38 faculty positions under budget cuts approved by the Legislature, a KU official said. "The effects of this are going to be devastating," said Tim Caboni, vice chancellor for public affairs at KU. "Nationally, this says terrible things about the priority of higher education in Kansas," Caboni said. In both the House and Senate, Republicans mustered bare minimum majorities to adopt a two-year budget before ending the session early Sunday morning. http://signal.baldwincity.com/news/2013/jun/03/budget-advances-devastating-cuts-ku/