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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

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UK to receive $17 million in federal emergency funding

Haley Blackburn April 25, 2020

UPDATE: Nearly 2900 UK students have received emergency grants from the CARES act with a total of $4.1 million already distributed.Kirsten Turner, associate provost for academic and student affairs, said...

President Eli Capilouto announced Monday, June 18, 2018 that the University of Kentucky had officially finalized changes to Administrative Regulation 6:2 (AR 6:2), formally known as the “Policy and Procedures for Addressing and Resolving Allegations of Sexual Assault, Stalking, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Exploitation. Evaluating disciplinary responses to alleged sexual assaults on campus gained attention following U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ reversal of the Obama administration’s “Dear Colleague letter” on sexual violence in September of 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

DeVos’ policy is ineffective

Editorial Board October 10, 2017

Toward the end of September, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos officially announced that her department struck down pieces of Obama-era legislation that allowed colleges to use the lowest standard of proof...

UK Feminist Alliance chants in protest against on-campus sexual assault in front of President Eli Capiloutos house at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 11, 2016. The group demanded for the university administration to release the redacted sexual assault records involving former professor James Harwood. Photo by Joshua Qualls | Staff File Photo

Department of Education will replace Obama-era sexual assault directive

Bailey Vandiver September 7, 2017

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday that her department will enact a new directive regarding sexual assault on campuses.She said the new directive aims to balance the rights of victims as...

New bill could expand Pell Grants to high school students

Madison Rexroat April 13, 2017

A new bill introduced last week would allow low-income high school students to earn college credit – while still in high school – through Pell Grant funds.Though taking college credit courses as a...

Illustration by Ben Wade

Sanders college solution most sensible

Editorial January 27, 2016

With the rising costs of tuition, mounting student debt, and Gov. Matt Bevin’s hefty proposed UK budget cuts, many issues surrounding higher education are on the table for this year’s election cycle.Among...

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