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The Kansas Board of Regents has created a new academic review framework, eliminating language that would have been used to definitively protect certain university programs by labeling them as “mission-critical.” Some Wichita State professors criticized this decision, saying it takes autonomy away from universities and gives it directly to the Regents.  At the Board’s Academics...

In light of potential revisions to Wichita State’s general education program, a faculty member said that he is concerned that the proposal would disservice students and faculty. On Friday, George Dehner, an at-large senator for Faculty Senate and an associate history professor, hosted a Zoom discussion, open to faculty and interested personnel to discuss concerns...

Emporia State University plans to eliminate some majors as part of a large-scale restructuring approved by the Kansas Board of Regents. Faculty at other state universities say the move could have long-term consequences for higher education.

Emporia State University plans to eliminate some majors as part of a large-scale restructuring approved by the Kansas Board of Regents. Faculty at other state universities say the move could have long-term consequences for higher education.

The History of the Forgotten Pandemic In spring 1957, tens of thousands of refugees in Hong Kong fell ill with a novel strain of the flu. The virus would spread around the world, the first global outbreak since the 1918 flu pandemic and the first test of a fledgling early warning system. More than one million people died, 116,000 of them in the United States. But schooling, shopping, and sporting events went on as normal, and the pandemic has largely faded from public memory. ...