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 the University of Kansas and the state’s other public universities.
With tuition and required fees set to cost more ...
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 college athletics.
Blake Flanders, who is retiring at the end of the month as president and CEO of the state agency ...
Most students at the University of Kansas should expect a 5% increase in the tuition and required fees they’ll pay to the university for the upcoming school year.
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday unanimously approved tuition increases for nearly every state university for the 2026-2027 school year. KU’s 5.0% increase in tuition and required fees for in-state, undergraduate students was the second ...
As president of the Big 12 Conference, University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod has become accustomed to the continual uncertainty surrounding college athletics.
But there was one longstanding norm that he didn’t think was at any risk of falling: Student-athletes who gamble on their own teams can no longer be eligible to play. But then, on June 8, that norm fell too when a local judge in Texas ruled that ...
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 of Regents on Wednesday is specific enough.
“Anything ambiguous is pretty challenging,” KU Chancellor Doug Girod ...
I’m tempted to say that I don’t know what the big deal is about artificial intelligence. After all, people have long said all my intelligence is artificial.
But clearly AI is a big deal. Nationally, Gallup produced a poll last month that showed 71% of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their communities. Locally, the AI frenzy has produced plenty of data center news to watch. There are a ...
