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Higher Education

After almost two decades in Shawnee, a seminary is looking to downsize while it continues to embrace the virtual learning model. In January, the board of directors for Central Seminary put its 9-acre campus for sale after recognizing its 45,000-square-foot...
By Tim Carpenter The 12.5% enrollment contraction this fall semester at Emporia State University followed turbulence of faculty dismissals and academic program upheaval at the state’s smallest public university and ran counter to an overall increase in the number of...
By Tim Carpenter The Kansas Board of Regents unanimously voted Tuesday to create a three-day window during November in which public colleges and universities in the state would waive undergraduate application fees for Kansas residents regardless of a person’s income...
By Maria Benevento New Kansas education laws will allow private school and home-schooled students to access more publicly funded resources and will create a new scholarship for adult learners in high-demand fields. Those measures are among the education bills that Gov....
Roeland Park resident named Park University's athletics director Park University earlier this month announced it has appointed Kristin Gillette, a Roeland Park resident, to be its next director of athletics. Gillette will officially begin her role at Park University on...
Joy Koesten, former state representative, to run for JCCC Board of Trustees Joy Koesten, former Kansas State Representative for the 28th District, filed to run for the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees, according to a press release. Koesten said...
JCCC offers free, discounted courses for those impacted by COVID-19 The Johnson County Community College is offering free or discounted courses in dozens of programs for those who have been impacted by COVID-19. Qualifiers include those who have reduced hours, a...
By Roxie Hammill  The pandemic has presented a two-sided coin to the four big public universities in Kansas and Missouri. On one side, the dire enrollment predictions of the summer turned out better — in one case, much better —...
Cleveland University's Overland Park campus sees historic enrollment in chiropractic program Cleveland University, which has a Kansas City campus in Overland Park, had the largest fall enrollment in the university's College of Chiropractic in 38 years. In its announcement of the...
COVID-19 relief funding available for JCCC students Johnson County Community College students will have access to federal government funding to cover unexpected expenses related to the disruption of campus operations and services during the COVID-19 pandemic. To qualify for a grant...
By Stephen Bisaha WICHITA, Kansas — Kansas colleges will soon get millions in federal money to help with the ripple effects from the coronavirus, but educators and experts say it’s not nearly enough. The roughly $2 trillion CARES Act, meant as...
The largest college clinic in the metro area returns to the Shawnee Mission area on Wednesday. The annual Shawnee Mission College Clinic brings representatives of more than 200 colleges and universities together to talk with prospective students and their...