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Staffing is in flux at Lawrence’s Hilltop Child Development Center in the wake of findings of child abuse and ongoing state investigations at the KU-operated center.
Investigators with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment have found that a teacher at Hilltop’s main campus location “would humiliate children by spraying them with a squirt bottle to ...
A hotly debated topic in the Kansas Legislature may soon produce a hotly debated topic in faculty lounges: How much work should a university professor be required to do?
The Kansas Board of Regents plans to soon undertake a review of faculty “workload policies” at the University of Kansas and other state universities, the Regents informally decided at their annual retreat on Wednesday.
Regents ...
More than 20,000 job titles in the ranks of Kansas government have been searched and — if needed — scrubbed of words such as diversity, equity and inclusion, the state’s Secretary of Administration confirmed Tuesday.
Not only have the titles changed, but any employees who had duties related to diversity, equity and inclusion programs have had their jobs reworked.
“We are confident those positions do ...
The students are coming. It is unclear whether the dollars will.
The University of Kansas expects its overall enrollment to set a new record when classes begin next month, Chancellor Douglas Girod said Tuesday at a summer retreat for the Kansas Board of Regents.
But the ritual of starting a new school year wasn’t the one most on the minds of higher education leaders gathered for the three-day retreat at ...
As a 16-year old in Overland Park, Jawad Albadawi watched what his parents — immigrants from Syria — were doing. His dad was working 20-hour shifts with Uber and his mom was working any number of odd jobs to make ends meet.
Albadawi knew the one thing he wasn’t going to do: Nothing.
“I was like, I’m not just going to sit here and not do anything,” Albadawi said.
So, he joined Facebook.
No, he ...
With half the year in the books, the number of homes sold in Lawrence is way up, but, in a twist, selling prices are up only moderately.
The latest report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors shows Lawrence home sales through June totaled 546, up 13.3% from the same period a year ago. That big jump is in contrast to what is happening both regionally and nationally.
Across the country, home sales are basically ...
