President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done. The switch would move marijuana away from its ...
TOPEKA — Rep. Troy Waymaster says a preliminary review of state university spending in Kansas exposed a curious $99,000 expenditure for an economic development program in Colorado. “Which I have to say is questionable,” said Waymaster, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations ...
Republican state lawmakers are questioning whether Kansas universities should review classroom content and materials as part of their efforts to remove diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programs. State universities have closed offices and ended programs to comply with a state law ...
A plan to tighten the state’s tenure system for university professors began to receive pushback from academic groups Wednesday, but the Kansas Board of Regents largely stayed silent about what direction it intends to move the policy. Instead, it pushed any votes on the matter to the ...
KU leaders are considering mergers of more than a dozen enrollment-challenged academic programs in hopes of finding administrative savings. The Kansas Board of Regents is scheduled to hear an update on the early-stage process at its Wednesday meeting, but won’t approve any mergers. Rather, ...
KU is hoping to land on a list that will attract the attention of officials from the CIA to the FBI — the small list of universities offering a degree in the field of intelligence and national security work. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday is expected to approve the University of ...