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Regents assess University's proposals
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BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON
The Kansas Board of Regents met Thursday in Topeka with higher education officials from state universities.
Much of the meeting was devoted to discussing issues pertaining to the University of Kansas and Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little addressed Regents on four separate occasions.
The following is a list of some of the issues and proposals that Regents reviewed and their effects on students and the University.
Approved:
The University's request for
a Master of Arts and doctorate program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies was approved. Refer to Stephen Montemayor's article for more information regarding the program.
"If you can't track where a dollar comes from and where it goes, then you don't have a good system."
Regents reviewed the Department of Student Housing's proposal for a 1.6 percent increase in housing fees. The increase in fees is not uncommon and occurs annually to offset the increases in the cost of living.
A 1.6 percent increase translates to about $58 more for a traditional
This year's increase proposals are lower than they were last year because of the deactivation of student phone lines in student rooms from the summer. That saved the University about $500,000.
The University's increases were
Reviewed:
two-person room raising the rate
from $3,642 to $3,700.
Diana Robertson, director of student housing, said she based her proposals off estimated increases for the following year.
GARY SHERRER chairman, Board of Regents
Regents received the University's report on the Jayhawk Generations Scholarship Program and
the lowest proposed from the state universities.
Approved:
approved the request to make the pilot program permanent. For more information regarding the tuition and fee waiver program refer to Stephen Gray's article.
Gray-Little and Provost Jeffrey Vitter updated Regents on the external audit recently ordered for the School of Business. The accounting firm BKD LLC performed the audit and stated in its report that of the $30 million raised since 2004 from course fees, 99.8 percent of the funds were spent appropriately.
Updated:
Although Regents acknowl
edged that many of the financial issues occurred before Gray Little and Vitter, Regent Chairman Gary Sherrer and Regent Tim Emert were dissatisfied with, of all schools, a business school's mishandling of student funds.
"If you can't track where a dollar comes from and where it goes, then you don't have a good system," Sherrer said.
The search is currently underway for a new dean for the school and the fourth candidate to visit campus was here this week.
Vitter and Gray-Little said they now know funds weren't accounted for and that the student advisory board should not have been dissolved back in 2006. Both Gray-Little and Vitter said they are looking to move forward.
Sherrer said that kind of miscommunication sends a bad message to students.
Gray-Little said she has been working with Severin, director for the Center for Sustainability, and student leaders to further develop strategies to reduce waste on campus and within the community.
This year, the University's website for energy-related issues was updated to highlight sustainable efforts in education, research, operations and campus life.
New scholarship program approved
In January, the University will join Kansas State University in a sustainability competition that will last until June.
The University has more than 230 sustainability related-courses and various avenues are taken on campus to increase the University's efforts.
— Edited by Alex Tretbar
Students with family ties to KU can apply for tuition discounts now that the program is in place.
Reported:
Along with other state universities, Gray-Little presented to Regents the University's annual sustainability report.
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Department adds doctoral program
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The University now offers a Ph.D. in women, gender and sexuality studies.
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meant to help inform students
The website cost $3,500 to redesign and took 10 weeks. Michael Wade Smith commissioned the task force that put the website together. Senate hopes to allow students to more easily see what it is doing around campus.
INSIDE
Brian Bishop, senior discus thrower, is one of a long line of KU track and field athletes.
Discus legacy is all in the family
Also, a preview of the game --- Jayhawks take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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