Story updated at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod on Friday confirmed that Hilltop Child Development Center will close at the end of the month. But he also indicated that plans to tear down the center’s main building appear unlikely — news that brought relief for community members Monday, even though some had objections to the work group created to assist affected ...
The University of Kansas will lead a new national program that aims to provide leadership to the special education field, which is seeing far more teachers leaving it than entering it. But the new project — which recently received a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education — aims to provide something else to the industry: recognition. “I think what gets lost often is the amount of really ...
Story updated at 3:39 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30. Student enrollment at the University of Kansas just broke another record. KU’s overall enrollment for fall 2026 increased to 31,464 students, nearly 300 more than the previous year, according to figures released Wednesday by the Kansas Board of Regents. This is the third straight year that KU has posted gains and set a new enrollment high. “Three ...
The Hilltop Child Development Center at the University of Kansas fed a child with a dairy allergy a cupcake that contained dairy, failed to supervise a child who exposed himself to another child in the bathroom, and did not repair broken outdoor play equipment for several months. These are among several violations that the Kansas Office of Early Childhood cited in a letter to Hilltop, warning that its license ...
Supporters of Hilltop Child Development Center at the University of Kansas — which is facing an imminent closure — are not going away without a fight. On Monday, KU faculty, staff and graduate students, as well as elected officials across Douglas County, sent two letters of support to KU Chancellor Doug Girod and Provost Arash Mafi, asking them to reconsider the university’s decision to close the ...
Just days after they learned that Hilltop Child Development Center at the University of Kansas would be shutting down for good in a month, frustrated parents, teachers and other staff members at the childcare center learned that it may not even have that long. During a virtual meeting with Hilltop’s leaders on Thursday, attendees learned that on Sept. 2 Hilltop received a notice of suspension from the Kansas ...