Charles Compton, WEKU

Cost cutting plans at Eastern Kentucky University were endorsed Friday by the school’s next president. Doctor Michael Benson, who takes over as president…

Three finalists in the search for a new president at Eastern Kentucky University were unveiled Monday. They are political scientist Michael Benson of…

While layoffs are reportedly underway at the University of Kentucky, cutbacks at Eastern Kentucky University should be less painful. “While we are not having lay-offs, in the sense that the University of Kentucky did, we are having on this campus a fairly significant reduction in the workforce,” said EKU President Doug Whitlock.