'Behind The Blue': Eric Monday Discusses UK's 2021-22 Budget

From the University of Kentucky:

June 22, 2021

By Jay Blanton and Kody Kiser

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Members of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees passed a $5.1 billion UK budget for 2021-2022 last week. The budget details how the university funds the salaries of some 20,000 employees, sets tuition for 30,000 students and describes the operations of a hospital system that now comprises roughly half of UK’s budget.

But at its core, according to UK’s Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Eric Monday, a budget is about values and priorities. Monday believes a budget provides a roadmap to better understand what the institution really values.

In this episode of "Behind the Blue," Monday discusses those values and priorities in detail as he breaks down a record budget for the University of Kentucky.

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