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UK President Defends Layoffs

Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader

A week after the University of Kentucky laid off 1 percent of its employees, President Eli Capilouto called the cuts an unavoidable part of moving the university forward with goals to improve undergraduate education, build new classrooms and pay employees more. "We deeply regret — deeply regret — the loss of any jobs here, but we know and feel very confident that we have the workforce, the expertise and the excellence to provide a student the best education they can find anywhere," Capilouto said Wednesday in an interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader.

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