This year's William Allen White National Citation will go to the Washington bureau chief of USA TODAY. Susan Page, a Wichita native who is also a best-selling author, will accept the award in person on April 9 at KU. Named in honor of a famous Kansas newspaperman, the award recognizes ...
An idea from a conservative think tank to limit diversity, equity and inclusion topics inside the classrooms of KU and other state universities has made its way to the Kansas Legislature. A trio of representatives has introduced a bill modeled after the Goldwater Institute’s Freedom from ...
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday unanimously approved a new, tougher tenure process, which will go a long way in determining what university professors and other faculty members must do to keep their jobs. Now, the question is whether it is tough enough to please Kansas ...
KU is seeking approval to add $135 million in debt for projects as far away as a cancer center in Kansas City and as near as an apartment complex on the edge of the Lawrence campus. The Kansas Board of Regents at its Wednesday meeting will consider approval of a resolution authorizing new ...
What university professors must do to keep their status of tenure — a rank that historically has provided a lot of job protection — is set for a key debate at Wednesday’s Kansas Board of Regents meeting. Regents, in part, will have to decide how tough they want the new policy to be in ...
Most University of Kansas employees — but not professors — have a new date to circle on their calendars: Jan. 26. That’s when they’ll find out how big of a raise they are receiving. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and other university administrators on Monday announced that the ...