TOPEKA — Emporia State University president Ken Hush announced his retirement Thursday, nodding at past and future challenges in higher education. Hush, an Emporia State graduate, wrote in an email to alumni, staff and students that his last day will be Dec. 17. He plans to stay involved, he ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in withheld grants for schools, the Education Department said Friday, ending weeks of uncertainty for educators around the country who rely on the money for English language instruction, adult literacy, and other ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Trump administration this week canceled a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line for delivering solar and wind-generated electricity from the Midwest to the eastern U.S., but the company indicated that project would go forward ...
One of the country’s top advocacy groups for freedom of expression said a new pronoun policy at the University of Kansas produces “grave” constitutional concerns, and plans to lobby the Kansas Board of Regents for changes. An attorney for FIRE — the Foundation for Individual Rights ...
UPDATED 3 P.M. JULY 23 KU faces no immediate loss of state funding if it declines to comply with a state proviso prohibiting the use of preferred pronouns, such as "he/him," "she/her" or "they/them," in email signature lines, the Journal-World has learned. A state employee with detailed ...
UPDATED 6:05 P.M. JULY 22 University of Kansas employees with official KU email accounts soon will be prohibited from listing their preferred pronouns — he/she and they/them, for example — as part of their email signature lines. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod sent an email to KU faculty and ...