Reverse losses in higher education -Editorial: The Courier-Journal

Times are tough for higher education in Kentucky and University of Louisville President James Ramsey didn’t hold back in this week’s annual State of the University address. He compared U of L’s long slog though years of state budget cuts amid increased demands on the university to the “Hell Week” that puts would-be Navy Seals to the ultimate endurance test — a week, he noted, that includes hours of grueling exercise and being buried up to the neck in cold mud. “Just as the Navy Seals who are weakened by lack of sleep and nonstop training, we are weakened and frustrated by budget cuts, and those who put self-interest ahead of public good,” he said. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/09/19/reverse-losses-higher-education/15876453/