For decades, the best thing that has been said about Wescoe Hall on the University of Kansas campus is that at least KU didn’t ever finish building it. The concrete, 1960s-style classroom complex with a much-maligned design was planned to be 25 stories tall — the tallest building in the ...
Signs of a big post-pandemic bounce-back in enrollment haven’t yet materialized at the University of Kansas, but early numbers are good enough that KU leaders are easing some spending restrictions. In a message to the university community this week, three KU leaders said that fall 2021 ...
Starting in fall 2022, Kansas State University will require incoming Manhattan campus first-year students to live on campus during their first two semesters, according to a news release from K-State. The residency requirement is intended to enhance student success. "National research and an ...
It may be no surprise that the newest member of the Kansas Board of Regents — coming from the state’s largest university community — doesn’t think the state’s university system needs to get any smaller. Wint Winter Jr., a longtime Lawrence resident, banker and attorney, is set to ...
The University of Kansas has hired a new assistant vice provost who will focus on improving equity and diversity issues that impact KU staff members. Erin Duran, a former director of gender and sexuality programs at Connecticut College, has been named as KU’s new assistant vice provost in ...
A University of Kansas professor has been chosen to be the next leader of an international organization aimed at improving teaching and research practices at universities. Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, a professor of psychology and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University ...