Town / Gown

Higher education should be about pursuit of knowledge, not the almighty dollar

State election officials decided Wednesday that technical college IDs can be used for voting, overturning a ruling two months earlier.

Kansas' higher education is "an economic engine" for the state, Fort Hays State University president Ed Hammond said in a visit to Clay Center Tuesday. FHSU is an unique position in that it can offer a quality education for a low cost -- two crucial components in driving economic development.

Protesters from the Occupy Boston movement, local unions and area colleges marched through the downtown area on Wednesday to protest the nation's growing student debt, saying higher education is becoming too costly for all but the privileged.

United Tribes Technical College is getting just under $19 million in federal funding to lead a job training program in North Dakota and Montana. The money is part of $500 million going to community colleges around the country to support partnerships with employers and develop job training programs.

A gun rights group that plans a rally this week on Old Dominion University's campus will have some unwanted company when it gathers Tuesday on Kaufman Mall to push for less restrictive weapons policies.

Claiming that the renovations to Loyola University's Monroe Hall will threaten his family's privacy and violate a pact the school made with its neighbors about a half-century ago, John "Fenn" French has taken the case to Civil District Court. French, who lives across Calhoun Street from Monroe Hall, said he is concerned that the windows proposed for the building will offer a clear view onto his property.

City’s Payments in Lieu of Taxes program has MFA and other arts and education institutions asking questions

Leaders of a Central Indiana city are looking for an Ivy Tech Community College expansion project to help attract companies to its new business park.

Officials with Seattle Central Community College have pulled up the welcome mat for Occupy Seattle activists. In an open letter to the movement on Wednesday, the college said protesters are not welcome to camp on its property.