Three online graduate programs have received national top 10 rankings in a U.S. News & World Report released Monday. KU’s online master’s in special education, its online MBA program, and its online master’s in education administration programs all were ranked in the top 10 in the publication’s 2025 Best Online Programs edition. KU’s special education master’s ranked only behind the ...
Elementary schools across the state are about to get a large wave of new students — the teachers themselves. More than 15,000 Kansas elementary school educators — everybody from teachers to counselors to principals — must get certified in new methods to teach reading to elementary students. The stakes are high for teachers to get the new training: If they don’t complete the training — or pass a ...
Panasonic’s $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto currently has 400 employees and will have 1,000 by the summer and 2,000 by early next year, the governor and other state leaders were told on Friday. With a host of area leaders looking on at a celebratory event in the partially completed lobby of the 4.8 million-square-foot Panasonic building, Panasonic’s top Kansas executive said the ...
The University of Kansas may have a more than $100 million task in front of it as lawmakers begin their work at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. KU technically is staring at a $155 million reduction in funding next year, unless KU leaders can convince both the governor and lawmakers to make some budget additions during the legislative session. Alternatively, students may be on the lookout for a significant ...
Today’s high school students who want to be guaranteed a future spot at the University of Kansas likely will have to start meeting a new set of standards when it comes to ACT scores and grade point averages. One proposed change likely will make it more difficult for some students, while another change potentially could make it easier for other students who have good grades but don’t take the ACT or other ...
UPDATED 1:35 P.M. JAN. 15 As the University of Kansas aims to do more work with the U.S. Department of Defense, it is creating an entirely new office to boost the effort. KU leaders on Wednesday announced the creation of the Office of National Defense Initiatives and added a new assistant vice chancellor position to its management ranks to oversee the project. Mike Denning, who has served as KU’s director ...