University of Kentucky President Lee Todd believes he has a solution to many of the economic problems that have plagued the state: Turn the commonwealth’s flagship institution into a Top 20 research university by 2020.
Today, he will unveil a plan that will ask for state funding increases of between $15 million and $23 million a year for UK through 2020, totaling $260 million over the next 15 years. The exact amounts will vary according to state allocations and tuition increases.