administration adopted it–in September 2022, just three months before it was set to expire.
In August 2023, Emporia State became the only Kansas public university without campus child care when it closes the child care center. Wichita State University, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, and Fort Hays State all have existing programs. ESU closed doors on its Center for Early Childhood Education in the midst of a national child care crisis. In Lyon County, there are between 21-30 children per opening at a child care facility as of 2021, according to Child Care Aware of Kansas.
Enrollment dropped at ESU in September 2023, most notably in the College of Education. Previously, the College of Education had a reputation for quality. A comprehensive evaluation of schools or colleges of education by Arthur Levine (Emeritus President of Columbia University's Teacher College) reported Emporia State as having "an exemplary teacher education program."
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