TOPEKA — A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Kris Kobach to force Kansas leaders to turn over data requested by the federal government heated up this week with sharply worded filings. Kobach sued Gov. Laura Kelly and Department for Children and Families Secretary Laura Howard on Sept. 9, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Larkin Walsh was sworn in as a justice on the Kansas Supreme Court in an informal ceremony Wednesday morning at the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka. The informal swearing-in allows Walsh to begin her official duties ahead of a formal swearing-in ceremony scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. ...
Kansas State University is seeking permission from the Kansas Board of Regents to modify by one word its six-paragraph mission statement. The one word the university is looking to remove: Diversity. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Regents — the state-appointed board that oversees ...