University of Kansas officers: We love KU, but current budget conversations hurt - Ruben Flores, CJ Online

We are now making a public case for why these cuts are hurting our institution and appealing to the statewide KU community to begin asking questions of the chancellor. We do not know why he will not ask KU’s partners to help shoulder the budget cuts, rather than asking the faculty, staff and students alone to absorb them entirely. As the everyday reality of these budget cuts becomes clearer, we see that they will undermine KU’s mission, which the Regents describe as “a major comprehensive research and teaching university that serves as a center for learning, scholarship and creative endeavor.” The current budget conversations have missed the mark. If we want KU to thrive intellectually and fiscally, we need to focus instead on creating an academic community of which we want to remain a part. https://www.cjonline.com/opinion/20181229/university-of-kansas-officers-we-love-ku-but-current-budget-conversations-hurt