There are no funding penalties for KU if university doesn’t comply with controversial pronoun policy

Kansas Colleges Say Employees Can’t List Pronouns in Emails

Lawmakers in Topeka, like those in some other state capitals, used a budget bill to order nonfinancial changes to public higher ed. DEI was the target this time. Kansas public university leaders have ordered employees to remove “gender-identifying pronouns or gender ideology” from their email signatures. The officials say they’re complying with new state prohibitions against diversity, equity and inclusion.

U. Kansas staff required to remove gender pronouns from emails

Officials cite Board of Regents directive targeting DEI The University of Kansas staff is now required to remove gender pronouns from their email signatures to comply with a new Kansas Board of Regents directive, the school announced Tuesday. All staff must remove “gender-identifying pronouns and personal pronoun series from their KU email signature blocks, webpages, Zoom/Teams screen IDs and… Source

There are no funding penalties for KU if university doesn’t comply with controversial pronoun policy

UPDATED 3 P.M. JULY 23 KU faces no immediate loss of state funding if it declines to comply with a state proviso prohibiting the use of preferred pronouns, suc

Letter to the Times: Why a KU professor includes her pronouns in her email signature

"Naming one’s pronouns does no harm to anyone, and it supports every KU student on campus," Amii Castle, a KU professor, writes in this letter to the Times. Continue reading ...

Kansas Universities Update Email Signature Policy After DEI Law

Universities across Kansas are ending what was seen as a divisive practice in communications in the wake of state guidelines targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. This week, University of Kansas officials announced a series of sweeping changes, following the Kansas Board of Regents’ recent decision. By July 31, all KU employees—including student workers—must remove gender-identifying pronouns and references to gender ideo…