Education
The University of Kansas Athletics department is seeing more extensive pay cuts, following men’s basketball coach Bill Self, football coach Les Miles, and athletic director Jeff Long taking 10 percent reductions in salary. Now, employees earning more than $300,000 a…
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The University of Missouri - Kansas City will start to reopen on Monday with a small number of employees "engaged in critical operations that support the university’s core mission and who must be physically present to effectively complete their work…
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A new Columbia University report says that tens of thousands of lives would have been saved if social-distancing measures would have been put in place more quickly in the United States. If the measures were put in place one week…
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Marc Hahn is president and chief executive officer of Kansas City University. Q. How has health-care instruction changed since COVID-19? A. COVID-19 changed all education in a dramatic way and it did so with a speed no one thought possible.…
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Mary Anne Jackson was named dean of the University of Missouri - Kansas City's medical school earlier this month after servicing as interim dean for nearly two years. Q. Medical school is already an intense environment. Has it become more…
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There was a major jump in the acceptance of mask use as a way to prevent COVID-19 infection from March to April. A recent Gallup poll found that 32 percent of heath professionals say wearing a mask is just as…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House COVID-19 task force, warned that cities and states reopening too soon could have a major negative impact if those locales don't have the proper resources to deal with an uptick in…
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Missouri K-12 schools are usually required to open no later than 14 days before the first Monday in September, but that could change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that requirement might be revisited by the Missouri Board…
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Some college and university leaders are questioning the $12.6 billion being allocated toward their institutions. Apparently, the Department of Education is barring students that are international, unauthorized and under the DACA -program from receiving assistance. Within 30 days of receiving…
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The NCCA's scrutiny of the University of Kansas men's basketball program continues with a 92-page report its enforcement office submitted to the school. The report says that the program committed "egregious" and "severe" rules violations, according to ESPN, stemming from…
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