Friday, January 16, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Education policy under scrutiny
State committee studies options for education
"We need to be supportive of anything that's going to improve education in Kansas. Nobody knows what will come of this, but we're all after the same thing."
By Brandon Copple Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway
A special Kansas legislative committee, created to restructure the state's system of higher education, met yesterday for the first time.
The Select Committee on Higher Education is working on legislation that addresses governance and financing of Regents institutions, community colleges and vocational-technical schools.
The nine-member committee will focus on the institutions' financial needs and on how the legislature provides for those needs.
Committee Chairman David Adkins, R-Leawood, said a constitutional amendment may be required to overhaul the system.
"Ultimately, I think we'll recognize that higher education has been the subject of legislative
neglect," he said. "If we want world-class standards at our institutions we need to ensure they have the resources they need, and we need to make sure they use those resources efficiently. We have not done those things in the past."
Adkins, once a student body president at the University of Kansas, also said the Board of Regents would probably retain its autonomy. But he expressed that Regents institutions should have greater control of their budgets.
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway said yesterday afternoon that the committee should proceed with caution when approaching
the Regents system.
"If we're going to make major changes in structure, I hope the obvious beneficial effects of the Regents structure will not be undercut," he said.
The Regents system causes the six member institutions to work together without losing their autonomy, and it causes them to consciously prepare for the future, Hemenway said.
He said although the Regents system was recognized for excellence across the nation, there may be room for improvement.
"One area we are all interested in is how we can manage every college more efficiently," he said. "If the committee produces ideas that will help us do that, we will certainly be interested."
who is running for state treasurer in the fall election, promised in December to appoint a committee to study higher education governance.
Hemenway also noted the committee had the support of Speaker of the House Tim Shallenburger, R-Baxter Springs. Shallenburger.
On Wednesday, Shallenburger announced creation of the committee at a press conference with House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer. D-Wichita.
Shallenburger gave the select committee 30 days to come up with a report.
Yesterday, Mike Farmer, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and Legislative Operations, announced his committee would postpone testimony on post-secondary education budget measures until the Higher Education committee completed its report.
Adkins said once the committee submitted its report, members would begin campus visits. He said he hoped to discuss the issues and the report with Board of Regents members and students and faculty from every post-secondary institution.
Hemenway said he was encouraged by the legislature's commitment to higher-education issues.
"We need to be supportive of anything that's going to improve education in Kansas," he said. "Nobody knows what will come of this, but we're all after the same thing."
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