Citizens for Higher Education Inc. seeks to raise awareness

Citizens for Higher Education, a non-partisan, non-profit organization led by Bill Hall, president of the Hall Family Foundation, made two presentations in Lawrence Oct. 13 on the need to support increased funding for the Kansas universities. The group has completed extensive research examining state support of public higher education.

Hall spoke at a luncheon meeting of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee. He later addressed a campus audience in the KU Memorial Union and met with five state legislators. The presentations were part of a series of visits this fall to communities across Kansas. More information, including research findings, is available on-line at www.kansashighereducation.org

The mission of Citizens for Higher Education “is to raise awareness among all Kansans of the serious impact funding cuts are having on our colleges and universities, as well as on our state’s overall economic well-being.” In addition to Hall, founders of the group include:

• Ross Beach

• Gene Bicknell

• Jeff Crippen, m’84

• John C. Dicus, b’55

• Jill Docking, c’78, g’84

• Kenneth Havner

• Drue Jennings, d’68, l’72

• Charlie Johnson

• Jim Lowther, j’51

• the Hon. Cordell L. Meeks, c’64, l’67

• Fred Merrill

• Julie Davis Richey, c’89, l’92

• the Hon. Richard Rogers, l’47

• Gary Sherrer