UPDATED 3 P.M., TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 Enrollments at the University of Kansas have been rising for the last several years, but the university’s standing in a key national ranking hasn’t. That changed on Tuesday. KU gained seven spots in the closely watched U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” ranking, released on Tuesday. KU is now ranked No. 74 among public universities in the country. It is ...
News and notes from around town: Back in the day, the tacos were hot at Torchy’s Tacos on south Iowa Street. But ever since the restaurant near 31st and Iowa streets closed in 2022, the location has been cold. Despite being along a heavily traveled street and near the southern gateway of town, the building has sat empty for more than three years. Now, maybe the general is coming to the rescue — as in ...
News and notes from around town: Maybe there is something about the southwest corner of Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive that makes it simpatico with the desert. For years it was home to the Salty Iguana Mexican restaurant and now Cactus Grill, a Kansas City-based Tex-Mex restaurant, is set to move into the center. (Yes, I confirmed iguanas live in the desert. I thought they lived in insurance offices, but ...
Getting tenure and its job protections as a university faculty member — and how much work must be done to keep that status — are now officially topics to be studied by the Kansas Board of Regents this fall. At their meeting on Thursday, the Regents approved a board goal of conducting a “comprehensive review” of the tenure system and related workload polices that are in place at the University of Kansas ...
A recent record-breaking $300 million gift to KU’s athletic department won’t help stave off millions in budget cuts to the university’s general operations next month, the university’s chief financial officer said Wednesday. When KU in June began announcing the need for budget cuts, one of the factors cited was the fundamental shift in college athletics that now allows universities to begin sharing ...
Higher education in Kansas definitely is becoming more conservative in one regard — with its request for state funding. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday agreed to submit a budget request to state lawmakers and the governor that seeks $4.6 million less in funding than what the higher education system received this year. The Regents — which oversee the state’s public universities, community ...