Public Universities Went on Spending Spree ... And Passed the Cost to Students

FILE - University of Kentucky students Courtney Wiseman, left, and Abby Lerner walk home after studying on campus in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 16, 2015.

The University of Kentucky has spent $805,000 a day for the past decade on upgrades to its campus, and now has one of the highest tuitions in the country, despite serving a lower-income state. Melissa Korn, Andrea Fuller and Jennifer S. Forsyth report for The Wall Street Journal. (August 2023) [[ ]]