Days after an informal online poll resulted in more than a thousand votes of no confidence in his leadership, University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod sent his own online message to the university community.
Among the themes: Spending on athletics is important, KU has been increasing faculty and staff pay, and the times may be tense but they can still be good.
“What comes next for KU will not be simple ...
More than 2,000 people have spoken in an informal online survey regarding the quality of leadership at the University of Kansas. Most — nearly 80% of respondents — said they had lost confidence in the chancellor and the university’s top financial officer.
How seriously people should take the results, though, has become the subject of its own debate.
A spokeswoman for the chancellor’s office said in a ...
Now that gas prices have you again thinking of ways to save money — carpooling, an electric vehicle, boarding a horse in the guest bedroom — I figured you might appreciate some new data on wages.
Specifically, there’s new data out that shows what a worker in Douglas County earns on average versus a worker in Johnson, Shawnee or any other county in the state. The numbers from the Bureau of Labor ...
KU will remain under the supervision of the Kansas Board of Regents after a Kansas House committee on Thursday significantly changed a bill that was designed to help universities move at the “speed of innovation.”
The House Committee on Higher Education Budget approved HB 2798, which puts the bill on track to be voted on by the full House and then move to the Kansas Senate for consideration in the coming ...
The wild world of college athletics — think $20 million per year in revenue sharing with student-athletes — has leaders at Kansas State and Wichita State going to their universities' checkbooks for help.
The top finance officers at K-State and Wichita State this week told a committee of the Kansas Board of Regents that they plan to transfer several million dollars out of their universities’ general funds ...
Skee-Ball and schooners definitely could be a new combination on Lawrence’s entertainment scene. A longtime pool hall soon will re-open as a “pubcade” that has about 40 video games, pin ball machines, and even more traditional classics like Skee-Ball, foosball and air hockey.
Importantly, to some, they all will be just steps away from a full-service bar.
“I didn’t just want to do a regular bar,” ...
