House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years

"Everybody has to compromise"... except the puppetmasters that pull Sam's strings. How are the Koch brothers compromising, Governor? Are they not getting the cuts they really hoped for?

May 22, 2013 at 6:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU faculty, staff push for improved tuition benefits for themselves and their families

If another Kansas Board of Regents school is offering better benefits than KU, then that either those benefits should be mirrored at KU, or the other school should have the benefit removed. There should be consistency across the board. Regarding the idea that faculty shouldn't want to send their kids to Kansas, I say hogwash. Professors know more about the quality of individual programs than people on the outside looking in. Kansas has a number of programs that are nationally ranked, and many others that are on the rise.

May 13, 2013 at 10:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU faculty, staff push for improved tuition benefits for themselves and their families

Faculty and staff children have a shot at one scholarship? I wonder how many scholarships they are explicitly denied access to due to the need to avoid the appearance of favoritism or nepotism.

May 13, 2013 at 6:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas Action for Children criticizes Brownback's plan to divert funds from children's endowment

All this whining about kids needing food and education. I'm getting tired of it. When will you people realize that the millionaires and billionaires of this state need that money more. Those helicopters and 3rd/4th/5th home just don't buy themselves. And can a preschooler fully appreciate the luxury of a G6? Hell, no! The rich need that money to buy more franchises so they can create minimum wage jobs, and feed you people plastic food made by Monsanto. Smile, and eat your GMO burger!

April 30, 2013 at 2:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU announces promotion, tenure for faculty

Well said. The Board of Regents has asked all state universities to implement to implement a post tenure revue process. The last thing I want to see at KU, KSU or WSU is more faculty by appointment. The fact of the matter is, most people outside of academia have very little knowledge about the system, how it works,and how difficult the process can be for tenure candidates. There are also huge differences between Research Universities, like KU, and for-profit diploma mills like the University of Phoenix and their ilk. Please don't let the University of Kansas become a bottom feeder like those places. Do you want your kids to list the University of Phoenix on their resumes, or that they performed valuable research alongside a recognized leader in their field at the University of Kansas? Get real, people!

April 19, 2013 at 6:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Legislative leaders want study of tax exemptions

Yeah... there's no difference between Genesis Health Club and the YMCA. (Facepalm)

April 1, 2013 at 6:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

House Speaker Merrick OK with 4 percent cut to higher education

He gets paid to be the face of The Koch Brothers. Take a look at the history of the Koch brothers and their father's political background. They're bullies. Their entire philosophy is "I got mine... you didn't get yours? Yeah, because I got yours, too." They're at the top of the food chain, and they are going to manipulate politicians, press and public opinion to make sure they stay on top and the rest of us are going to pay for it. They get tax breaks, we pick up the tab. It's their American Dream.

March 23, 2013 at 3:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Orchards Golf Course in West Lawrence sold, renamed CobbleStone Golf Course

So, let's say I have two high school kids that play on their high school team. They ought to be playing three times a week in the summer, so that's 60 a week, 240 a month. I like to get out and play when I can, maybe twice a week...

So how much is LCC per month again? All of a sudden joining a club seems pretty reasonable. And with a pool as well right off the course.

March 13, 2013 at 11:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

House Appropriations Committee whittles down Brownback's budget plan on higher education by $16 million

Everybody should keep in mind that kansasopengov.org is a project of the Kansas Policy Institute and not an independent entity. You can bet that everything on that site is as biased against public education as anything else the Kansas Policy Institute puts out. Don't buy the propaganda, folks.

March 12, 2013 at 10:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )