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Northern Kentucky University asks legislature for $5 million recurring base funding and $349 million in capital requests
Summary
NKU President Katie Short Thompson told the House Budget Review Subcommittee NKU is the least‑funded public university in Kentucky and requested a $5,000,000 recurring base adjustment, continued asset preservation dollars, and state matching for a $5.4 million private pledge to expand the Young Scholars Academy.
Northern Kentucky University President Katie Short Thompson urged the House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education to align NKU’s general‑fund base with its regional peers and to approve a $5,000,000 recurring increase to close a per‑FTE funding gap.
Thompson told the committee NKU has seen a 17% increase in first‑year enrollment, shortened average time‑to‑degree to about 4.2 years and serves a student body in which roughly 37% are first‑generation and 39% are Pell‑eligible. She described rapid debt‑reduction progress—saying student debt is down about 36% (roughly $9,000) over five years—and argued those outcomes demonstrate NKU’s strong return on investment for the…
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