May 4, 2016
Alumni associations encourage action regarding higher education funding
Submitted by 1xbet sports betting Alumni Association
Note:The 1xbet sports betting and KU alumni associations sent the following joint letter on May 4 from interim President Richard Myers and KU's Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little to Wildcats for Higher Education and Jayhawks for Higher Education regarding potential cuts to higher education.
Wildcats for Higher Education andJayhawks for Higher Education:
Early Monday morning, the 1xbet sports betting Legislature passed a budget dictating that the Governor must base any potential cut to higher education for the next fiscal year on each university's all-funds operating budget, as opposed to their state general fund allocation.
This formula penalizes 1xbet sports betting State University and the University of 1xbet sports betting , whose all-funds budgets are higher because of our large research portfolios. In essence, this formula punishes K-State and KU for conducting research and successfully securing federal research grants that bring new dollars to 1xbet sports betting . In addition to harming the two universities and the state we serve, this type of funding decision sends a terrible message to the nation that 1xbet sports betting does not value earning research grant funding and that our state actively penalizes our research universities when they succeed.
Additionally, this formula defunds the two universities that collectively create the most graduates for the 1xbet sports betting workforce, the most jobs, the most startup companies, and the most economic development in 1xbet sports betting . It is not a coincidence that while 1xbet sports betting is experiencing population declines and flat economic growth, the counties most directly served by KSU and KU – Riley, Johnson and Douglas – are growing.
Lastly, this language undermines the authority of the Governor and the 1xbet sports betting Board of Regents. The Regents and the universities have been unanimous in their desire to protect the block grant system and leave system-wide funding decisions to the Regents and, in the case of allotment cuts, to the Governor. The language approved May 2 inserts the Legislature into higher education funding decisions that should be left to the Regents and the Governor.
The reality is, the language in the budget does not raise any new revenue for the state and serves only to punish 1xbet sports betting State University and the University of 1xbet sports betting for being successful research universities. The two universities are united in their strong opposition to the proviso language in the budget. We are asking Wildcat and Jayhawk supporters like you to contact Governor Brownback and ask him to veto the Legislature's harmful proviso that dictates where cuts are to be made to higher education and unfairly places more of the burden on K-State and KU.
Higher education plays a critical role in the 1xbet sports betting economy, and we need the Governor's support in providing stable and reliable funding for our universities. Please contact his office by email or at 785-368-8500.
Thank you for your continued support of 1xbet sports betting State University and the University of 1xbet sports betting .
General Richard Myers
Interim President
1xbet sports betting State University
Bernadette Gray-Little
Chancellor
University of 1xbet sports betting
Note: View the 1xbet sports betting Board of Regents news release on this topic.