Task force reviews concurrent enrollment programs
A Topeka report finds some concurrent enrollment instructors unqualified and some students not suited for the challenge. Toughening rules could split higher education ranks as Kansas law allows a per pupil double dip from high school and community college funding, fueling expansion despite quality concerns, says Fort Hays State University provost Larry Gould.
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Larry Gould
Fort Hays State University
Education Force on Concurrent Enrollment Findings Key To Regents
Education Force on Concurrent Enrollment plans to present findings to a Board of Regents committee on Wednesday. Gould questions credibility of college level learning in the program and asks whether true college level work is being delivered. Regents, Page A5.
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GCCC Task Force backs higher standards for concurrent enrollment
More than 400 area high school students took college courses through Garden City Community College in fall 2003, part of about 2,400 total. Dean Judy Crumble said instructors must be approved and meet degree criteria, and students must qualify, with a task force recommending a minimum 2.5 GPA and department requirements.
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Garden City Community College
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GCCC
Crumble
Pentagon secretly detains terrorist in Iraq per Tenet order
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said CIA Director George Tenet asked for a suspected terrorist to be held secretly in Iraq without an internment serial number or Red Cross notification. Rumsfeld approved detention last October, with accountability to be filed later.
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Red Cross
United States
Human Rights First
Bush Administration
Stormy winds, hail ravage Garden City area
Martha Castro and her husband rushed to Oasis Car Wash as a storm hit Garden City, where a Mesquite tree toppled in their yard. Meteorologist Jennifer Bitterling reported wind gusts up to 62 mph at Garden City Airport and 59 mph at Holcomb, with unconfirmed gusts to 90 mph in Hamilton and Kearny counties and around 70 mph in Garden City. Damage included a shattered Garden City police cruiser back window, toppled semitrailers in Finney and Kearny counties, two grain bins blown down northeast of the city, and a damaged roof on See Weather, Page AS.
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Preservation Alliance eyes Windsor Hotel revival funds
Finney County Preservation Alliance reports an 8000 to 10000 dollar shortfall after six months of bills from a building condition assessment and professional services. The group still owes 26250 on a four year loan used to buy part of the former Crook's Shoe Store. An 82944 Heritage Trust Fund grant and 9000 Finnup Foundation support will help meet an 18000 match, as Garland Furniture Galleries plans to vacate later this year.
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Garland Furniture Galleries
Kansas Heritage Trust Fund
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