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The Michigan State (proud of y’all at @MichiganCRs) controversy is not just about Michigan State. It is a warning for every public university in #KYHigherEd, including the @universityofky .
When higher education tries to manage dissent instead of answer questions, public trust collapses. Whether it is done maliciously or under the banner of “good governance,” the result is the same: fewer hard questions, less transparency, and more power concentrated behind closed doors.
At UK, trustees must ask hard questions. A university with an $8 billion-plus budget does not need a board of rubber stamps. It needs independent fiduciaries willing to test assumptions, challenge narratives, and demand answers.
Every board or trustee or regent should be asking about tuition, administrative growth, research priorities, affiliated entities, contracting, athletics spending, debt, and whether the flagship’s expansion actually serves Kentucky students and taxpayers
Higher education-nationally and larger schools- keeps proving it cannot be trusted to protect free inquiry or transparency when criticism becomes inconvenient. Henceforth why Kentucky’s HB 4, banning #DEI in #KYHigherEd, was necessary and good legislation.
https://t.co/UOU86tHejF
Kentucky's government transparency is eroding. https://t.co/2PGnOU9LeV
Let me say the same general guidance is applicable to all universities in #KYHigherEd
If I were @JamesATipton and @SteveWestKY, to file a bill directing @CPENews to promulgate an administrative regulation for public postsecondary universities to do the below, and CPE report information to LRC and a public website.
With that bill, I would include a certain bill to expanse financial oversight and review. (Maybe a few others).
Just spouting ideas. 💡
What’s more is KRS 63.080 is not a toy, and it should not be treated like one. It provides the statutory process for removal of university board members for cause, which means the Governor has tools, but it also means he should build a public record before using the most aggressive tool available.
The first step should be transparency, because UK should publicly review trustee conflicts, donor relationships, vendor relationships, employment relationships, family relationships, foundation ties, athletics-adjacent relationships, and affiliated-entity connections. UK’s own Governing Regulation II requires all trustees must comply with Kentucky conflict-of-interest statutes and annually execute a statement attesting to that compliance.
KRS 11A.040 addresses prohibited acts involving public servants and economic interests, while KRS 11A.050 addresses financial disclosure by officers, candidates, and covered public servants.
Campaign donations are not automatically treated like trustee financial conflicts. If the Board wants the public to trust its judgment, it should be willing to show how it separates political relationships, donor relationships, university business, and fiduciary duty.
A lawful appointment can still create an appearance problem, and an appearance problem can still become a governance problem when the institution is already under public scrutiny. UK cannot ask students, families, taxpayers, and policymakers to trust the Board while refusing to show how the Board is protecting independent judgment. I would have this info on an independent website.
The second step should be Board accountability, because the Board should publicly review any delegation of authority that allows major appointments, compensation arrangements, affiliated entities, executive deals, or structural changes to bypass meaningful trustee oversight. Just as Jim Gray suggestion, this resolves the belief the Board only ratifies what the administration already wants is not governing, and provide institutional cover.
The third step should be a presidential evaluation tied to measurable public obligations, including affordability, tuition, administrative growth, student outcomes, transparency, shared governance, compliance, affiliated-entity structures, and whether UK is serving students and Kentucky families as its first priority.
President @UKYpres (not @UKYmonday) does not work for himself (themselves), because he works for the Board, and the Board works under a public charter for the Commonwealth. Nor do the transplants own the university. (Clearly and despite donations).
SACSCOC does not require public universities to be free from every political actor. Governors appoint trustees, legislators appropriate money, and taxpayers have a right to demand accountability, but SACSCOC does require governing boards to exercise fiduciary oversight, maintain a clear board-administration distinction, evaluate the chief executive, define and address board conflicts of interest, provide fair board-dismissal processes, and protect the institution from undue external influence.
However, a potential accreditation concern is not theoretical. The SACSCOC Resource Manual for the 2024 Principles of Accreditation ties these issues directly to Standard 4.2, including board-administration distinction and shared governance, CEO evaluation and selection, conflict of interest, board dismissal, external influence, and board self-evaluation.
Kentucky already saw the danger when @uofl was placed on probation after the Bevin board fight, and Bevin v. Beshear, 526 S.W.3d 89 (Ky. 2017), remains the legal warning sign in the background. (2/3)
Collaboration and bringing everyone together-this is how we make #KYHigherEd the best in the 🇺🇸
I am excited to make my first appearance before the Kentucky General Assembly on behalf of the @GoldwaterInst at the Budget Review Subcommittee on Education’s upcoming hearing on student affordability.
Affordability is the number one issue facing higher education. Students, families, faculty, and taxpayers deserve clear, honest, and useful information about how Kentucky’s higher education system is serving students and families — and where we can do better.
This hearing is an important step toward transparency, accountability, and a serious discussion about college costs, tuition, administrative spending, student outcomes, and the value Kentucky families are receiving for their investment.
I want to thank Chairman @Rawlings4Ky and the members of the committee for the opportunity to participate, and for bringing everyone together for a cordial presentation of the facts. I also appreciate the @CPENews, the @universityofky, and the @uofl for being part of this important conversation. Our research serve an important role in Kentucky-we need to be on the same page.
The hearing will be held Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. CT in Annex Room 154. Meeting materials are available through the Kentucky General Assembly’s committee documents page, and coverage is provided through KET’s legislative coverage. The proceedings will be available through the Kentucky General Assembly’s livestream page.
I look forward to the conversation and appreciate the committee’s willingness to put students and families at the center of the discussion.
My Dearest Darlings,
“As attorney general, I watched the fall of James Ramsey. I saw what happens when too much power is consolidated in just one individual running the university that sometimes they start thinking that they are the university and that their decisions shouldn’t be questioned or criticized,” Beshear said. “And then what happens is what would have been a stellar legacy ends in a very difficult way.”
Beshear especially took issue with UK’s change in policy to allow certain roles, including Van Tatenhove’s and Barnhart’s, to be approved by the president alone.
UK says that change took effect in 2024. “I’m going to take a real close look at the board of trustees to make sure we’re getting real strong oversight, and they should absolutely walk back what’s claimed to be the 2024 action that moved these decisions to the president,” Beshear said.
UK’s board of trustees voted last week to form a group that could review and change the regulations so trustees can vote on these appointments. Beshear said faculty haven’t felt properly represented since the university senate dissolved in 2024, and was replaced by a faculty senate, which does not have policy-making authority, but instead, merely offers recommendations to Provost Robert DiPaola.”
Pursuant to the authority vested in the @GovAndyBeshear of the Commonwealth of Kentucky under KRS Chapter 164, including KRS 164.131 and related provisions governing the appointment and oversight of public university governing boards, this correspondence serves as formal notice of the Commonwealth’s intent to remove you from your position as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky for cause. Under Kentucky law, the authority to appoint carries with it the authority to remove for cause, subject to due process and consistent with the limitations recognized by Kentucky courts. See, e.g., Commonwealth ex rel. Beshear v. Commonwealth Office of the Governor, 498 S.W.3d 355 (Ky. 2016).
Trustees of public institutions occupy positions of significant public trust and are obligated to comply with all applicable provisions of Kentucky law, including the Kentucky Open Meetings Act, KRS 61.800–61.850, and the Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS 61.870–61.884. In addition to these statutory requirements, trustees are bound by fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, and obedience, which require the exercise of independent judgment, adherence to lawful governance practices, and the faithful stewardship of a public institution operating on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth.
The record of “extraordinary times” noted by @UKYprovost and @UKYmonday has been duly noted presently before this office raises substantial concerns as to whether these obligations have been satisfied. Specifically, there is evidence suggesting potential noncompliance with the Kentucky Open Meetings Act, including the use of closed sessions beyond the narrow exceptions permitted under KRS 61.810, as well as questions regarding adherence to the requirements of the Open Records Act concerning the maintenance and disclosure of records related to institutional governance. These concerns, if substantiated, constitute violations of statutory law and may amount to neglect of duty or misfeasance in office.
In addition, there are material concerns regarding whether the Board has consistently fulfilled its fiduciary responsibilities. Trustees are required to provide meaningful oversight of the institution and to act independently in the best interests of the University and the public it serves. Any failure to exercise such oversight, or any conduct that materially undermines transparency, accountability, or lawful governance, may constitute a breach of those duties and provide grounds for removal for cause under Kentucky law.
Always happy to join my good friend, Bill Bryant, for a taping of @kynewsmakers. We talked about the legislative session, all the good student and workforce outcomes coming out of #KYHigherEd, and the need for a strong state budget investment to keep the progress going.
To #KYHigherEd and @UKYpres:
Brace yourself, my dearest darlings.
There are more. There are more recording. Your deans and a few VPs are implicated.
What this shows is @UKYpres, @UKYmonday and @UKYprovost doesn’t have institutional control of the flagship.
There more videos. To out of state grifters running #Kentucky’s flagship university and disparage Kentuckians behind their backs….
….get out of this Commonwealth. I hear Louisiana and Alabama are nice this time of year.
Btw, my darlings. These aren’t only universities in Kentucky in recording. You know the “it gets better” campaign to gays?
Well, let gay this tell you: it’s gets worse from here on.
Welcome to where #KYHigherEd hope comes to die.
@kysenatepres @RobbyMillsforKY @maxwellwise @KyMikeWilson
@kyrudy @jmnemes @MilesForKY
BREAKING: An administrator at @universityofky was caught admitting they still push DEI.
She said they just changed the words "because PEOPLE ARE DUMB."
"Most of our faculty are pretty progressive."
She is then CONFRONTED.
My Dearest Darlings,
Let’s have a chat about #KYHigherEd and how the universities lobby. Make no mistake:
The tactics being used against @Grossl4KY88’s HB 94 come straight out of the old @UKYpres / @universityofky playbook — the same copy-paste legislative obstruction routine #KYHigherEd has perfected for years.
Here’s how it works when a Kentucky university decides it wants to kill a bill:
Tactic #1: Gaslight.
Universities spoon-feed legislators the same tired script:
“This proposed legislation isn’t needed because…
(a) we’re already doing it,
(b) there’s no issue, or
(c) there’s no data proving there’s a problem.”
Translation: Nothing to see here — stop asking questions.
Tactic #2: “We weren’t consulted” — while coordinating for the past year behind the scenes.
Despite university presidents meeting monthly behind closed doors to fuss about #KYHigherEd and legislation — and their lobbyists coordinating right alongside them — they’ll still show up and pretend:
“We weren’t consulted.”
And here’s the part folks need to understand:
Instead of doing the normal thing — working directly with Rep. Grossl to resolve concerns — they jumped straight to drafting an opposition letter and trying to whip up resistance.
Not because the bill couldn’t be improved. Not because the bill was “wrong.” But because they don’t want it fixed — they want it dead.
Because in #KYHigherEd world, the process is simple:
Don’t solve the problem. Stop the bill.
Write a letter. Stir up committee drama. Run out the clock. Repeat.
They’ll float their “concerns” to legislators without disclosing the truth: they’ve already met, already coordinated, and already agreed on the talking points.
And as long as a legislator gets a photo-op, a stadium tour, a football helmet, or an invite to the sportsball suite, somebody will conveniently “ask questions” in committee — without scrutiny.
Tactic #3: Panic and stall.
After a few weeks of being fed this nonsense, someone eventually realizes:
“If it’s already being done… and there’s no issue… and there’s no data… then what exactly is the problem?”
That’s when universities switch to their favorite closer:
“Oh no… this could create a major financial impact.”
The goal isn’t accuracy. The goal is confusion, delay, and running out the clock — hoping legislators forget the earlier claims somewhere between dinners and bourbon.
And usually? It works.
Because by the time you hit this stage, the bill is stalled, the legislative clock wins, and the universities walk away untouched — again.
And the real tragedy is this:
#KYHigherEd cares more about keeping students stuck in the system — and deeper in debt — than creating clear, affordable pathways that actually help students finish on time and enter the workforce.
So yes: after watching this routine get used against multiple university reform bills, I can say with confidence that what we saw in @JamesATipton’s postsecondary education hearing on Rep. Grossl’s HB 94 in #KYGA26 was Step One of the same old #KYHigherEd bullshit games.
I’d almost be impressed by how predictable and unimaginative their tactics are — and how many people still fall for the universities’ BS — if it wasn’t #KYHigherEd’s only God-given fucking talent.
Make no mistake, this common sense transfer pathways legislation will help students reduce time to degree and save money. HB 94 is being delayed because of a power play by the research institutions who simply do not want to be governed by the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Thanks to our legislature, millions have been allocated to recruiting & retaining students in healthcare, with strong returns overall & in key groups like students from Kentucky’s Appalachian counties. State investment in #KYHigherEd is how we build a great Ky. #KYHigherEdMatters
Have you picked up a copy of Sunday edition of @heraldleader ?
Please consider doing so. For low-income students, #KYHigherEd’s tuition model is unsustainable. Yet while students struggle, we continue to provide huge salaries, free housing, expense accounts….including their wives, stipends to pay for their private houses, and cars for university presidents.
#Kentucky’s students can no longer afford the model.
“The truth is, Kentucky is behind. Other states already understand that predictability is essential. Ohio, North Carolina, and even private institutions like Transylvania University in Lexington have adopted tuition locks or guarantees. These states and schools recognize that stability helps students plan and graduate on time. Kentucky’s refusal to follow suit shows a preference for administrative convenience over student survival.”
KY universities are too expensive for those who need them most | Opinion https://t.co/RIUkPiBQ3v
We're right in the middle of NATIONAL TRANSFER STUDENT WEEK! Let's celebrate all our faculty and staff who help our students with the process, and for our students, who value #KYHigherEd.
Thank you, @lbblackford and @heraldleader , for the opportunity to publish a piece on #KyTuitionCrisis.
Kentucky’s low-income student enrollment has plummited over the last decade. #KYHigherEd students-our Commonwealth’s future economy-can’t afford the status quo.
“For low-income students, this is unsustainable. Enrollment data confirm it: low-income and Pell-eligible student enrollment in Kentucky has steadily declined over the last decade, even as tuition and fees have climbed. In other words, those who most need education as a pathway forward are being pushed out.
“Yet while students struggle, we continue to provide huge salaries, free housing, expense accounts, and cars for university presidents. Those perks are treated as untouchable, while the very students who pay the bills are left in crisis.
When Representatives State Representative William Lawrence and Kim Banta for KY State Representative introduced a bill to guarantee consistent tuition for students — so each incoming class would know their costs for four years — the universities and the CPE fought it. That should outrage every Kentuckian.”
https://t.co/Wr3G4jZADT
KY universities are too expensive for those who need them most | Opinion https://t.co/10zOcNCjpK
CPE is readying for the legislative session, with priorities of college prep, Futuriti & workforce development. @cpepres emphasized the importance of the agenda to better align K12, #KYHigherEd & workforce to educators/policymakers at the KASS legislative panel in Lexington.
Thank you @jimflynnkysupts and KASS for allowing @cpepres and @CPENews to engage with KY superintendents and discuss the future of our students and workforce.
Thank you so much, @GOchamber for the opportunity. I greatly enjoyed networking with you and all the support you provide to CPE and #KYHigherEd.
"Our job is building the economy of the state through a highly educated workforce"...Yesterday, @cpepres spread the #KYHigherEdMatters message to the Owensboro Chamber. Read the article in the Owensboro Times: https://t.co/qYN1ifXW7B
@GOChamber
My Dearest Darlings,
Thank you, @kyoag and @AGPamBondi. My appreciation @realTJRoberts and @tichenor4ky.
The constitutional command is this:#KYHigherEd shall just fund education and end #DEI discrimination. The equal protection clause must prevail.
Btw, @RCforAG: nonsensical is from one of my favorite series, @jk_rowling Harry Potter.
As a gay Appalachian from Eastern Kentucky who grew up in abject poverty, I lived on the idea that education could be a way out, a way toward hope. How could I not identify with the kid in the closet who discovers he has magic and a whole world beyond the one he was born into?
That sense of possibility often arrives wrapped in what some call “nonsense.” The word itself has a deep literary lineage: Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense (1846), which popularized the limerick; Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky, spinning a dreamscape from invented words-some of my favorite books.
These works showed that absurdity and imagination could open doors to new worlds, just as education and storytelling opened doors for me.
And yet, higher education once told me I didn’t have the ability to go to school — that I was just a “dumbass from Eastern Kentucky.” But out of the nonsense of higher education, the Student Rights Coalition was born.
Together — faculty, friends, organizations from across the nation, a chorus of students from across Kentucky, a state representative @realTJRoberts who was a student looking to speak @Transy, and @AGPamBondi — we rewrote the story.
The very students who were told they had no hope, should shut up, or told their rights were never in their best interest….brought magic and imagination back to #KyHigherEd.
A career and a movement grew out of that shared sense of possibility, out of the contradictions and nonsense of Kentucky’s higher education institutions.
Isn’t that funny? The so-called “nonsense” became the source of hope, possibility, and prosperity that ignited and empowered possibility for #HigherED.
That’a the power of education, hope , a bit of magic, my dearest darlings.
Proud to partner with @AGPamBondi and President Trump to bring common sense back to our Commonwealth.
We’re ending in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at Kentucky public universities.
https://t.co/qpI13018YE
Is your interest supporting #mentalhealth initiatives for students & faculty in #KYHigherEd?
The KY Student Success Collaborative is hiring a senior fellow to facilitate networks, resources and training to assist campuses in this work. Learn more: https://t.co/HhQV9NTDcU
#jobs
Of course, they owe money. Of course, they will ask for more money from #KYGA26.
Just like #KYHigherEd: every university has submitted three new buildings to @KYSenateGOP and @KYHouseGOP:
With multiple universities sitting on empty buildings, raising tuition, low staff pay, but housing and expense accounts for university presidents.
Screw that, y'all. It's time to say enough is enough to #KYHigherEd.
Until President is willing to give up their non-Kentucky owned housing, car, and wife's expenses allowance...
#KYGA26 should say no new buildings. No increases. Like every Kentucky family and those who can't afford cost of attendance, legislators should tell #KYHigherEd to live within their means.
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