Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
photo by: Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Gregory Cushman, an associate professor of environmental history at the University of Kansas, marched with faculty and students on Tuesday night to raise awareness about potential damage of administration plans to downsize the staff and eliminate degree programs to address budget problems.
Faculty and students at the University of Kansas stood in shadows of Allen Fieldhouse to blow the whistle Tuesday night on the administration’s plan to deal with massive budget problems by shedding tenured professors from the payroll, undervaluing work of graduate teaching assistants and jettisoning degree programs.