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		<title>Cuts could be less than 2 percent</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/03/05/cuts-could-be-less-than-2-percent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western administrators will likely know the extent of state budget cuts for higher education after spring break.
Kentucky’s House of Representatives hopes to pass a budget by the end of next week, said Brian Wilkerson, communications director for House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonburg.
The budget will include cuts to higher education, but the House budget committee is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: America sees colleges as businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/03/05/study-america-sees-colleges-as-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans are reportedly losing confidence in the way colleges are managed, but some Western administrators and students say they don’t think that’s happening here.
A recent national survey found an increasing number of people believe colleges are more concerned with their  financial well-being than the educational quality of students, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget talks to continue next week</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/27/budget-talks-to-continue-next-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As leaders in Kentucky’s House of Representatives continue to hammer out details of their budget proposal, they’re looking for ways to minimize higher education cuts.
Last week, House leaders announced their plan would likely include a budget cut of 2 percent for Kentucky’s public universities, but now they’re hoping to lessen that amount, said Rep. Rick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying the course: Kentucky evaluates higher education access</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/23/staying-the-course-kentucky-evaluates-higher-education-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ninth graders might not want to think  about college yet, but that’s when many Kentucky high schools begin pre-college curriculum.
Those efforts could be making a difference, as the number of Kentucky high school graduates who go on to attend college has increased in the last few years.
But there are still gaps in the state’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher ed could get 2 percent cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 2 percent cut to higher education is part of the budget plan Kentucky House of Representative leaders presented last Thursday.
Kentucky’s House of Representatives should have a complete budget proposal ready by the end of this week for the 2010-2012 state budget.
The cut on the state’s public universities, including Western, would be for both years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House leaders plan for 2 percent cut</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/19/house-leaders-plan-for-2-percent-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State lawmakers outlined their plans yesterday for the 2010-12 state budget.
The plan includes a 2-percent budget cut for Kentucky&#8217;s public universities, including Western, said Brian Wilkerson, communications director for House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg.
The cut would amount to $20 million each year, Wilkerson said.
The House will hopefully have a written bill of the plan ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educators prepare for stimulus money&#8217;s end</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/16/educators-prepare-for-stimulus-moneys-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As enrollment goes up in colleges across the country, educators face the challenge of sustaining that growth with an uncertain financial future.
In Kentucky, demand for higher education has increased at all levels, said Sue Patrick, communications director for the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Enrollment increased about 6 percent from fall 2008 to fall 2009 across Kentucky’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing: Court upholds Western&#8217;s authority in Clark case</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/12/developing-court-upholds-westerns-authority-in-clark-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kentucky Court of Appeals today upheld Western&#8217;s authority to condemn property that the university took by eminent domain in order to build the new College of Education and Behavioral Sciences building.
The Clark family, who owned the property at 1672 Normal St., has two parts to their case against Western, said Deborah Wilkins, chief of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing Act: Students manage work, classes</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/09/balancing-act-students-manage-work-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Versailles freshman Brittany Feroze works in the microbiology lab on Monday. Feroze works two jobs, one at the lab and the other at Kohl’s department store, in order to make enough money.]]></description>
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		<title>Faculty, staff to get raises</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/09/faculty-staff-to-get-raises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This July, faculty and staff will get a raise for the first time in two years.
A plan for faculty and staff retention was included in Western’s updated strategic plan, and it calls for increased compensation.
The budget cuts in recent years have meant that faculty weren’t given salary raises, which led to a situation where Western [...]]]></description>
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