The Destruction of What We’ve Worked For
A look at Rochelle Chronister’s resume tells the story. A long-time leader in Kansas, serving as Secretary of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services from 1995-1999, she has continued her...
View ArticleWhence the Threat to Higher Education?
by Jill Docking Gov. Brownback is currently on tour around the state, touting his support for higher education. Recently I attended one of these meetings, at the Rotary Club in Wichita. The governor...
View ArticleK-State Extension’s Budget in Jeopardy
by Nick Levendofsky K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a partner in the nationwide...
View ArticleIs Kansas Smarter than Every Other State? Not If We Keep Cutting Higher...
by Jill Docking Kansas made the front page of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, May 28. Along with North Carolina, we were the only two states in the United States cutting or flat-lining funding for...
View ArticleKansas’ Universities Suffer from the Governor’s Budget Cutting “Success”
by Jill Docking Last Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents, its hand forced by severe budget cuts to higher education in this year’s Kansas budget, voted to raise tuition rates at the Regents...
View ArticleThe exodus has begun.
by Jill Docking The exodus has begun. A couple of weeks ago we saw the headline in the Wichita Eagle announcing the departure of Ravi Pendse, vice president and chief information officer at WSU. Dr....
View ArticleStep up and fund medical school
by Jill Docking This post was published as a letter to the editor in the July 31, 2013, edition of the Wichita Eagle. Finally an issue we can all get behind: The University of Kansas has requested $4.5...
View ArticleApples and Oranges
by Jill Docking There seems to be some confusion among some current legislators and conservative bloggers about the ability of an university’s endowment to make up for a cut in state spending. So I’d...
View ArticleK-12 School Funding: Just the Facts
by Judith Deedy This post and two more to follow are written by Judith Deedy, one of the key organizers of Game On for Kansas Schools, a group of parents in Shawnee Mission concerned about public...
View ArticleThreatening Peter to Defund Paul
by Judith Deedy Second of three by Game On activist and Shawnee Mission mom, Judith Deedy. Next time you hear someone suggest that changing judicial selection will have little to do with school funding...
View ArticleWhy is K-12 education so expensive these days?
by Judith Deedy Third of three. We hear a lot about the rising cost of public education in Kansas, with the implication that increased spending on K-12 education must somehow be wasteful. But we...
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