<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3qLCY8_1FUWDbKh00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3qLCY8_1FUWDbKh00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure>WKU President Timothy Caboni answered faculty-submitted questions about a variety of pressing campus topics.Caboni took the stage in the Downing Student Union SGA Chambers, Thursday, after a short introduction by Faculty Senate Chair Dan Clark. The first question he addressed was about faculty concerns over compensation. Caboni assured the senate that compensation was a priority for the university. “I value the work that you do,” Caboni said. “I know the work that you do because I was a faculty member for a decade.”Caboni praised the flat raise of $1,680 for faculty and staff the university put in place last year, saying that it allowed lower-paid faculty to receive a higher percentage increase in pay than more compensated faculty. He also raised concerns about the potential effects of future flat raises. “When everybody gets the same amount, the signal to high performers is the question they ask sometimes:‘Well, why am I working harder for the same thing that somebody’s not doing what I’m doing gets?” Caboni said. Caboni transitioned from the discussion of faculty raises to addressing WKU’s budget as a whole. He discussed how the university has had to fight back against potential budget cuts from lawmakers in Frankfort, including a potential cut of $7 million. “That would have been catastrophic,” Caboni said. “Now, what I’m proud of is how all of our universities gathered together, worked hard, went to Frankfort over and over and over again, picked up the phone, applied the pressure that was necessary to have that reversed.”Caboni said the university will wait to solidify the budget until later in the semester to accommodate potential enrollment shifts.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3gGxOT_1FUWDbKh00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3gGxOT_1FUWDbKh00" width="2001" height="1093" ><figcaption>WKU faculty members listen to President Timothy Caboni address questions they submitted to him prior to the meeting Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 during the second Faculty Senate meeting of the 2026 fall semester in the WKU Student Government Association chambers. ( Sam Huffman )</figcaption></figure>Another major topic discussed was the dorm situation. A faculty member asked Caboni why he refused to take responsibility for “the colossal failure of our recently built, even more recently demolished dormitories?” Caboni admitted that he was frustrated by the question. “I don’t know if this person doesn’t have the internet, hasn’t read the newspaper, hasn’t listened to a word that’s been said for the past two and a half years,” Caboni said. Caboni denied the notion that he refused to take responsibility, saying that two years ago he knew the steps that would need to be taken to remedy the situation. “There are dozens of people who busted their hump for two years,” Caboni said. Caboni also said that the University’s response to the issue has resulted in it becoming a “national model” for handling similar situations.“And I’m actually proud of where we’re going to end up,” Caboni said. “And if you don’t think that’s responsibility, that’s actually complete responsibility for solving a problem that I tell you was almost unsolvable.”In Caboni’s speech, he said the Student Life Foundation — the previous owners of all WKU dorms — “built and has responsibility for the operation of our residence halls.”He continued that the university had to assume responsibility after the dorms’ failures.“Student Life Foundation did not have the resources, the capacity to be able to do what needed to be done to even fix Regents and Normal, much less do the work that we needed to do, and balance that kind of transformation with maintaining student affordability,” Caboni said.In response to other questions, Caboni said:<ul><li>Even though there has been a decrease in enrollment in the university’s recent history, he will not attempt to increase headcount for the sole purpose of increasing revenue. </li><li>College students attending community college before coming to WKU is “not a recipe for success in many of our degree programs” due to their strict requirements and deadlines. He emphasized the importance of alumni sharing their experience with incoming college students to convince them to come to the university for their full degree. </li><li>Cutting colonnade requirements so students can graduate faster is not something that he supports. Instead, he wants to have a colonnade program that students find worthwhile. </li></ul>Caboni left the meeting after concluding a brief Q&amp;A with faculty, with the rest of the agenda unfolding quickly after the president’s speech ran long. Senate members discussed Caboni’s remarks, discussing whether a percentage or flat increase in pay would be most beneficial for faculty. The upcoming Faculty Regent election was also discussed, which will take place on Oct. 15. </div></body>

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WKU President Timothy Caboni answered faculty-submitted questions about a variety of pressing campus topics. Caboni took the stage in the Downing Student Union SGA Chambers, Thursday, after a short introduction by Faculty Senate Chair Dan Clark. The first question he addressed was about faculty concerns over compensation. Caboni assured the senate that compensation was a priority for the university.

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WKU President Timothy Caboni answered faculty-submitted questions about a variety of pressing campus topics. Caboni took the stage in the Downing Student U

Caboni discusses dorm situation, faculty compensation during Faculty Senate

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