KU leaders are considering mergers of more than a dozen enrollment-challenged academic programs in hopes of finding administrative savings.
The Kansas Board of Regents is scheduled to hear an update on the early-stage process at its Wednesday meeting, but won’t approve any mergers. Rather, University of Kansas officials are still contemplating what mergers they want to pursue, and gathering feedback from ...
Tenured professors at KU and other public universities in Kansas may soon be facing a system of two strikes and you're out, under a proposal up for approval this week by the Kansas Board of Regents.
At Wednesday’s meeting, Regents will consider a new statewide policy that says any faculty member — including those who have tenure protection — “will be dismissed” if they receive two consecutive ...
New City Commissioner Mike Courtney — the top vote-winner in last month’s elections — said he’s confident a new fundraising foundation would allow the city to avoid implementing new user fees for city recreation centers
Now, he’ll work to convince his fellow commissioners of it at next week’s meeting.
“My overall pitch to the commission will be that we have talked about fees, but we haven’t ...
After Lawrence City Commission candidates got an earful on the campaign trail about pending fees to enter the city’s recreation centers, the commission is going to reconsider the fee issue at its Tuesday meeting.
Voters in November elected two newcomers to the commission — Mike Courtney and Kristine Polian — who both expressed opposition to the city’s plans to begin charging entrance fees to the ...
From a provider of good times to a teacher of the good book, the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame has selected its newest inductees.
The class includes Kevin O’Malley, president of Lawrence-based O’Malley Beverage — one of the larger beer and liquor wholesalers in the region — and Father Mick Mulvany, who was the longtime leader of Lawrence’s Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Also included in the group ...
At one point, Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart liked his odds.
His department had 10 police officer vacancies, but 100 people had applied to fill the positions. From that 100, Lockhart’s team selected 20 applicants to be considered for the Lawrence Police Department’s multi-month academy that trains new law enforcement officers. In other words, there was good reason to believe that when the academy ...
