A KCTCS-funded consultant determined that the president's salary is on the money when compared with similar institutions. But KyCIR found his report was rooted in flawed data and methodology.

News of the $815,741 paid last year to retired Kentucky Community & Technical College System President Michael McCall has drawn expressions of outrage from lawmakers, college employees, citizens and the state’s secretary of education.

State Sen. Christian McDaniel read from a Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting article on the Senate floor Thursday and called for an investigation of the compensation of all former state university and college presidents.

Almost a year after the president of Northern Kentucky’s state community college retired amid running tensions with its board of directors, the college’s foundation will begin paying him a $348,000 incentive in July.

Upset that retired Kentucky Community and Technical College System President Michael McCall is taking a $324,000 consulting fee when the system has been…

The school system defines what exactly former leader Michael McCall will do in his year as president emeritus. McCall, one of the highest-paid community college administrators in the country, received a generous package upon his retirement from KCTCS.

An audited financial report released this week shows that KCTCS posted a loss of $13.3 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, a slight drop from the $15.5 million shortfall of 2012-13.

The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting recently delved into KCTCS pay and found that, in addition to a base annual salary of $317,962, the retiring president received $117,353 in “deferred compensation,” a $78,509 bonus, a $90,000 housing allowance and a $43,200 car allowance. He is among the highest-paid administrators in the country.

On Thursday the Lexington Herald-Leader reported that the state community college system had announced a “preferred candidate,” Jay Box, in its search for…

If taxpayers, KCTCS faculty and staff and Kentucky higher-education watchers want to know who applied for the job, they’ll be disappointed. State law upholds the secrecy of searches for people to fill public jobs, regardless of their importance.