Heard on the Hill

N.Y. AG settles case with student lender; company had sponsored Kansas athletics

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's case against Student Financial Services has been settled, [the attorney general announced Tuesday][1].Cuomo had beeen investigating SFS, also known as University Financial Services, because of the relationships it had with 63 college athletic ...

KU makes plans for rescheduling finals if necessary

In the event that the predicted ice storm materializes, KU will consider moving Tuesday finals to Thursday, Jan. 17 - scheduled to be the first day of spring classes.In an e-mail sent to students, faculty and staff, KU said that a decision on whether to have tonight's the 7:30 p.m. finals would ...

USA Today computes how much a football win costs

A few weeks ago, [the Journal-World published an examination][1] of how much it costs to run a winning football program.This week, [USA Today weighs in][2] with how much it costs to win a football game, based on the coach's salary. Based on KU's 11 wins and coach Mark Mangino's $1.5 million ...

Harvard survey finds KU professors highly satisfied with tenure process

For a university professor, getting [tenure][1] can be a frustrating and stressful process.At Kansas University, according to a new study from the Harvard-based Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, most junior faculty feel highly satisifed that the tenure process is [effective ...

What would a BCS bracket look like?

Sports Illustrated has created its ideal version of [a bracket][1] for the college football season.Of course, there's practically [no chance of a playoff in real life][2], but why should that stop anyone from just making one up?In SI's hypothetical playoff, KU is pitted against West Virginia in ...

Looking at the BCS through academics

While Kansas University's [football team][1] awaits word on whether it will be invited to a [BCS bowl][2], a national organization has reconfigured the BCS to take a look [at academics][3].The verdict? It's a good thing the real BCS is based on football play, because Kansas comes in at No. 17 ...