Hiring Freeze at the U. of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky has put a hiring freeze in place in response to a state budget crunch, The Kentucky Kernal, the school’s daily student newspaper, reports:

UK President Lee Todd announced in a campus-wide e-mail yesterday an immediate hiring freeze for all university staff positions with the exception of those at the hospital.

The freeze came in response to Gov. Steve Beshear’s 3-percent budget cut for state agencies and public universities through the end of the fiscal year in June. The decrease will result in a cut of about $10-million for UK.

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