There were only a few ticks left on the clock until retirement officially began. Blake Flanders, president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, had agreed to do a 2 p.m. interview with the Journal-World on June 30, the last day of the state’s fiscal year. That also meant it was the last ...

After a nearly 20-year absence, there once again will be rocking and rolling on the Hill at the University of Kansas campus. KU leaders on Friday announced they are restarting a once-popular annual concert event known as Day on the Hill, which in its inaugural year in 1992 featured a little ...

The University Press of Kansas is celebrating America's 250th birthday with discounts on dozens of history-related titles in its collection for the next several months. The press, which traditionally served as the publishing house for Kansas’ six state universities, will hold weekly sales ...

You don’t need to be a math major to understand the appealing arithmetic of a new type of degree approved by the Kansas Board of Regents this week. You soon may be able to get a bachelor’s degree by taking 90 credit hours of classes instead of the standard 120 hours that is now required at ...

It wasn’t exactly Eisenhower’s farewell warning about the military industrial complex upon leaving the White House, but the retiring president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents did provide a word of caution on Wednesday. And, it did involve an arms race, of sorts — the kind found in ...

Professors at the University of Kansas now have a definition to determine whether their classroom content is crossing into the territory of diversity, equity and inclusion-related content, which soon will face new scrutiny. Now, KU leaders are hoping the definition approved by the Kansas Board ...