By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
This has got to be a good day for Guy Bailey, the former UMKC chancellor who took off to become president of Texas Tech University last year.
Lone Star voters yesterday approved a constitutional amendment that will mean a nice extra cash flow for Texas Tech and other campuses.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
I suppose it had to come to this.
We've heard about the helicopter parents who accompany their college students to course registration, and greet them with a wakeup call every morning.
Now, it seems, the parental copter is even hovering over graduate school.
By Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star Editorial Board Columnist
Not everyone at the multicultural education convention in Denver embraces all aspects of diversity.
By Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star Editorial Columnist
Peace, equity and social justice have to become key parts of education, people at the 19th Annual International Conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education were told Thursday in Denver.
By Larry Marsh, Kansas City Star Midwest Voices columnist
Fairness and honesty in business and politics is hard work. It takes a lot of time and mental energy to develop the best possible products and policies for the people. It is just so much easier to lie and cheat, especially when you have been taught how to do it at the university.
Dean Hubbard
Kansas City Star Editorial Advisory Panel Columnist
Dean Hubbard
Kansas City Star Editorial Advisory Panel Columnist
Tuesday’s (September 22) editorial in the Kansas City Star lamented the high dropout rate (20 percent) among freshmen at Kansas State University and suggested that raising admissions standards is the appropriate solution to the problem. I disagree.
The Star's Tuesday Editorial
Admissions officers at Kansas universities this year will admit students almost certain to fail their freshman year courses.
The reason: Low admissions standards dictated by the Kansas legislature more than a decade ago.
By Tom Ryan, Kansas City Star Reader Advisory Panel
Don’t blame the culture of Wall Street or the lure of large bonuses, the greed characterized in Oliver Stone’s film, “Wall Street” (he’s filming the sequel today). Don’t blame Michael Douglas. He was just acting. Don’t blame the drowsy regulators revolving in the SEC revolving door. Blame the business schools.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The first headline to emerge from Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson’s speech to the Board of Regents was his desire to see the state’s universities move up in the national rankings.
“Oh no,” I said to anyone within earshot. “Not him, too.”
College rankings are, well, overrated.
By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board
Irresponsible lending and borrowing is the last lesson any college should be teaching young people. But some for-profit schools are doing just that.
By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board
Kansas and Missouri colleges and universities are right to worry about low graduation rates.
In Missouri schools, the average rate is 51.8 percent, calculated after giving students six years to graduate. In Kansas the average is even worse, 46.7 percent.
By Larry Marsh, Kansas City Star Midwest Voices columnist
An Automobile Association of America study shows that driving-while-texting increases the chance of an automobile accident by 50 percent. Another recent study showed that driving-while-texting (DWT) was considerably more dangerous than driving-under-the-influence (DUI).
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
The University of Kansas reports that it will be harnessing energy created by gym rats and using it to produce electricity.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
Disclosures of rampant nest-feathering at Kansas State University have spurred calls for a change in the oversight structure for public universities and community colleges in the Sunflower State.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
President Barack Obama just caught the attention of millions of parents of college-aid children.
Administration officials announced Wednesday that they want to slim down the federal college aid form.
By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board
University leaders — especially the accomplished ones — enjoy enviable independence. And access to money.
Alumni and other supporters are willing to pay for success and prestige. Donors tend not to follow closely how their money is used, as long as the results are to their liking.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
From afar, just-retired Kansas State University President Jon Wefald seemed like a micromanager. He would personally call to arrange meetings with The Star's editorial staff, and request that certain reporters be present.
Kansas City Star Friday editorial
One of the best strategies for controlling the soaring cost of a college education is to secure a degree as quickly as possible. The average college student takes longer than four years to complete the required coursework.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
President Barack Obama has a strong interest in driving down health care costs. Good for him.
But on Monday -- as Obama told Americans they could save $2 trillion in health care bills over the next 10 years through more efficient billing by doctors and hospitals -- a troubling question emerges:
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
Good move, KU.
The university administration has announced it will begin notifying parents about student alcohol violations, including underage drinking.
John AshcroftBy Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
A fair number of students and faculty at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., are protesting the selection of John Ashcroft to speak at graduation ceremonies on May 9.
Ashcroft, the one-term U.S. attorney general under George W. Bush, two-term Missouri governor and one-term U.S. senator, isn't my favorite politician or public servant.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder may be a curse of childhood, but it’s a great icebreaker in college.
That’s because the prescription drugs that help ADHD kids get organized and focus are in high demand on campuses, especially this time of year, as projects come due and finals draw near.
Lied CenterBy Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
University of Kansas retirees are raising a fuss over the elimination of their free tickets to selected performances at the Lied Center, the campus theater.
by Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
Some inquisitive University of Kansas researchers took a look at the lobbying that went into a recent law change that lowers corporations' tax rates 85 percent on certain worldwide income.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
Missouri State University in Springfield spent $4,500 on a "thank you" lunch in the state Capitol for legislators, lobbyists and staffers, according to the Springfield News Leader.
Missouri has long been generous to private colleges and universities in the state.
Students can actually qualify for more state scholarship aid to attend a private institution than if they enroll in one of Missouri’s public colleges and universities.
The tragic story of Jason Wren, a 19-year-old University of Kansas student who died after a night of reportedly heavy drinking, exposed more than the dangers of alcohol. It also revealed a troubling conflict between student privacy and parents’ access to information.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
Not being a lawyer, I have no idea whether there's any merit to the lawsuit that Curtis Mertensmeyer has filed against his fraternity for an alleged hazing incident.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
People may be scaling back their expectations in any number of ways but not, it seems, when it comes to shooting for that dream college.
