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Volume 125 Issue 17
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Monday, September 17, 2012
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LATE NIGHT AT THE BEE'S
chancellor discusses university's future
NIKKI WENTLING
nwentling@kansan.com
In efforts to increase conversation and information sharing between the student body and University administration, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has agreed to a series of "Fireside Chats" with The University Daily Kansan to support a more direct line of communication.
In the first "Fireside Chat" of the semester, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little met with The Kansan to discuss current campus issues.
U. S. News & World Report released the "Best Colleges 2013" rankings on Sept. 12. According to the report, the University is the top-ranked in Kansas. Overall, the University scored one point less than last year, moving its ranking from 46th to 51st among public universities.
progress with Bold Aspirations and the outlook for the rest of the school year.
UNIVERSITY RANKING
teria pulled from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Classifications. The emphasis placed on certain criteria change
The rankings are based on cri-
Gray-Little
each year, and Gray-Little said the University would explore the changes to the criteria.
"We certainly wish they had been higher," Gray-Little said. "We are looking at the ratings to see where the changes are and
what elements might have been ranked lower than they were previously"
One of the goals of the University's strategic plan, Bold Aspirations, is to have 21 graduate programs ranked in the top 10 of public universities. Twelve graduate programs ranked in the top 10 in the 2013 rankings.
BOLD ASPIRATIONS
Gray-Little said some goals of the Bold Aspirations plan would take up to 10 years to achieve. The
University has worked on implementing programs to reinvigorate the undergraduate experience, such as a first-year seminar, the common book program and an office of undergraduate research.
"Those are things that are underway and have started already." Grav-Little said.
Gray-Little said although the goals of Bold Aspirations are broader than trying to improve
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Index
2012 Dole Leadership Prize
Wounded Warrior Project
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 6
Oct. 23, 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Book Talk: "The Victory Lab: Money
eball for Politics" with Sasha
Issenberg
CLASSIFIEDS 10
CROSSWORD 4
Nov. 1, 7-30 to 9 p.m.
Campaign 2012 with Bill Lacy and special guests
Nov. 14, 7.30 to 9 p.m.
An Evening with Newt and Callista
Gingrich
Source, Dole Institute of Politics
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