KU Faculty Evaluations Should Not Be a Popularity Contest
Kansas University faces debate over post tenure review data and whether student access to faculty evaluations should create a consumer guide. Proponents say annual reviews protect standards and enable remediation, with termination for three unsatisfactory years. Critics warn student ratings alone overlook research, service, and colleague assessments.
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Kansas University
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
World events and sports milestones across decades
Fifty years ago UN General Assembly met in New York to open in Flushing Meadow. Battles in Missouri 1864 and Egypt 1940s, women voting marches 1915, Beirut bombing 1983, World Series notes Sox Mets 4-2 and Braves Twins 3-2, peace treaty Paris 197? Such historical milestones span 1860s to recent decades, listing notable dates and figures.
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United Nations General Assembly
New York
Flushing Meadow
Samuel R. Curtis
Stirling Price
Missouri
Blanche S. Scott
Fort Wayne
Ind
New York City
Britain
el Alamein
Egypt
Leyte Gulf
Hungary
Nixon
White House
Watergate
John J. Sirica
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Lebanon
Beirut
Reagan
Soviet Union
Moscow
Boston Red Sox
New York Mets
Cambodia
Paris
Atlanta Braves
Minnesota Twins
Journal-World Staff and Mail Addresses
The document lists staff roles including Deputy Editor Bill Snead and Managing Editor Roger Verdon. It provides circulation and post office address information for the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas and notes USPS and agency memberships.
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the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas County
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
News
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Debating formats through the years at the Reagan Library
David Broder recounts a Reagan Library event with Don Hewitt Herbert G Klein and Sander Vanocur recalling the first debates from 1960. Panelists discuss underprepared early debates rigid formats and proposals to revive uncertainty with new formats including cross examinations and issue cases.
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Simi Valley
Calif
Reagan Library
Nancy Reagan
Bo Derek
Don Hewitt
CBS
Herbert G. Klein
San Diego Union-Tribune
Richard M. Nixon
Sander Vanocur
NBC
Vanocur
Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics
Washington Post
New York Times
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Hartford
St. Petersburg
San Diego
Commission On
Fighting drug terrorists at home and abroad
Claude Lewis argues for a hard line against illegal drugs likening drug trafficking to terrorism. He endorses military and policing measures, explores costs of war on drugs, and calls for a two pronged strategy to slow importation and expand treatment, balancing moral concerns with national security.
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CIA
John Deutch
America
U.S
Bob Dole
White House
Lockerbie
Dhahran
Beirut
Claude Lewis
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Unusual stand on hospital issue spurs local letters
Former Colum bia Healthcare Mt. Oread Campus manager cites a 1994 to present cost drop in Douglas County workers compensation as proof of competition lowering prices. He questions LMH ownership and city lobbying against a private hospital. Also, Bev Worster criticized Farmland Industries, praising industry compliance and local economic impact. Bill and Betty Underwood urge support.
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Hewitt
Theodore H. White
House of Representatives
Neal Peirce
The
National Journal
Schroeder
Omaha
Columbia Healthcare
Mt. Oread
LMH
Columbia
Lawrence
Douglas County
Scott Bailey
Prescott Dr
Douglas County Commission
Bev Worster
Farmland Industries
Kansas
Worster
Journal-World
Bill
Betty Underwood
Nixon wage freeze cools living costs as food prices drop
The September cost of living rose only modestly under President Nixon’s wage-price freeze, with the index at 122.4. Food price declines led the drop, while other items partly offset the easing. A Kansas University event drew over 1,000 students and teachers for its Math and Science Day, a record turnout.
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Nixon
Kansas University
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Dolph Simons Sr
Journal-Workp
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons Jll
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Lawrence Journal
Snow Hall
Sayre
Watkins Community Museum
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