In a meeting meant to focus on plans to adopt a new budgeting process at the University of Kansas amid a $20 million budget cut, interim provost Carl Lejuez ended up dealing with a protest and fielding questions about the university’s administrative salaries. Lejuez said during a Dec. 5 town hall meeting on the budget that the university would eliminate about 55 faculty positions and 100 staff positions in ...
The University of Kansas will take action on two faculty requests to help offset the impact of a $20 million budget cut, including ending the use of KU funds to support a university jet, a KU faculty leader told a university gathering last week. But now, Chancellor Douglas Girod's office is refusing to confirm or deny that the chancellor has approved the budgetary changes. Kirk McClure, KU Faculty Senate ...
Lawrence police say they're investigating after a vehicle was reported stolen from a car wash in south Lawrence. Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle at Auto Plaza Car Wash, 2828 Four Wheel Drive, at about 4:35 p.m. Feb. 13, Lawrence Police Officer Derrick Smith said. According to Smith, a driver left the keys in a silver, four-door 2010 Lexus while it was being washed by the employees of the ...
University of Kansas programs allowing high school students to start their post-secondary education early are an "innovative" example of how universities can help address the rising cost of tuition, said Dennis Mullin, the chair of the Kansas Board of Regents. For the last few years, KU’s Edwards Campus, a satellite campus in Overland Park, has been offering a “Degree in Three” program to its local high ...
In one day, KU Endowment raised more than $1 million to benefit the University of Kansas. In its second 24-hour fundraising event — known as “One Day. One KU.” — the organization received gifts from 2,635 donors, totaling $1.08 million, between midnight Wednesday and midnight Thursday, according to a KU Endowment news release. “Donors believe in the work being done at KU to enrich students’ lives, ...
The University of Kansas will not select a permanent dean for its largest college until after it finds a permanent university provost, Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Journal-World on Wednesday. When asked after the Kansas Board of Regents meeting in Topeka about the university’s plan to find a permanent dean for its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Girod said KU does not currently have anything in the ...