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[quote=Anonymous]^ I'm the Kansas poster. Of course higher education suffers here. Everything suffers here. We endured Sam Brownback for almost 8 years and he, along with ultraconservatives in our state legislature, almost destroyed Kansas. Average citizens fought to take our state back in the 2016 elections and we are still fighting in 2018. Higher education has been cut repeatedly and intentionally. These people do not want an educated populace. Brownback has gone to work for Trump now, but he left a clone to finish out his term so our prospects are not great in the governor's office. But our legislature is more moderate and hopefully even more so after November 2018.

Having said that, The University of Kansas is still an excellent institution -  at least in engineering, business, and a few other colleges within the university. The William Allen White school of journalism and mass communications is also very good.

KU makes up for higher education cuts by reducing programs, hiring less qualified faculty, raising tuition, increasing student fees, and relying on the private sector to bolster the strong engineering and business schools. For top students, KU is an excellent value and it has now restricted admission, sending lower performing KS students to other Kansas Regents universities.

KU is absolutely worth a look if the student is interested and motivated to navigate a larger state school. DH and I are both alums and we have fared well, though we have stayed here in Kansas. I cannot speak to what a student's prospects are otherwise, but students come to KU from around the world, so there must be some worth to a degree.

I came back to post because I feel it is very important for people to understand that higher education has absolutely suffered under an extremist governor and Legislature. This is a lesson for America that cannot be ignored. But it is also worthy to note that Kansans are a tough lot. We are not all ignorant rednecks and we are working hard to take back our state. It's not Harvard, but KU is the pride of the state. Frankly, I think all the cuts to hiigher education motivated many former Jayhawkers to get involved in our 2016 elections and will continue to motivate us in 2018.

I realize this is not the political forum, where I sometimes post, but it is impossible to have a fair conversation about The University of Kansas without addressing the elephant in the room, which is the Kansas economy as a result of Sam Brownback.[/quote]

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