Kansas Board of Regents

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Kansas Board of Regents
FormationJuly 1, 1925 (1925-07-01)
Purposeeducational oversight
Headquarters1000 SW Jackson Street
Suite 520
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Membership32 public institutions
President & CEO
Blake Flanders
Chairman
Jon Rolph
Website www.kansasregents.org

The Kansas Board of Regents is a body consisting of nine members that governs six state universities in the U.S. state of Kansas. In addition to these six universities, it also supervises and coordinates nineteen community colleges, five technical colleges, six technical schools and a municipal university. Refer to the list of colleges and universities for details on the individual schools.

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Emporia St.
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Fort Hays St.
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Kansas St.
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Pittsburg St.
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Univ. of Kansas
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KUMC
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Wichita St.
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Washburn Univ.
Member universities of the Kansas Board of Regents

Member selection

The Kansas Board of Regents has nine members, each of whom is appointed by the Governor of Kansas. Each board member also serves on various committees that address higher education issues. [1]

Schools governed by the Board of Regents

The Kansas Board of Regents oversees 33 institutions, one of which is an independent municipal university. [2]

Public universities

InstitutionLocation
(main campus)
FoundedJoined KBORFull-time Equivalency Enrollment (fall 2022) [3] Leader
Emporia State University Emporia 186319253,943 Ken Hush
Fort Hays State University Hays 19027,973 Tisa Mason
Kansas State University Manhattan 186315,639 Richard Linton
Pittsburg State University Pittsburg 19034,999 Dan Shipp
University of Kansas Lawrence 186520,642 Doug Girod
University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City 2,802
Wichita State University Wichita 1895196411,784 Richard Muma
Total enrollment (2022)67,782

Municipal universities

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoined KBORFull-time Equivalency Enrollment (fall 2022) [3] Leader
Washburn University [a] Topeka 186519994,068JuliAnn Mazachek
Washburn Institute of Technology [b] 1964 (merged with Washburn in 2008)959
Total enrollment (2022)5,027

Public community and technical colleges

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoined KBORFull-Time

Equivalent Enrollment

(Fall 2018)

President
Allen Community College Iola 192319991,432John Masterson
Barton Community College Great Bend 19652,553Carl Heilman
Butler Community College El Dorado 19275,323Kimberly Krull
Cloud County Community College Concordia 19651,145Amber Knoettgen
Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville 19231,451Marlon Thornburg
Colby Community College Colby 1964935Seth Carter
Cowley County Community College Arkansas City 19221,914Dennis Rittle
Dodge City Community College Dodge City 19351,079Harold Nolte
Flint Hills Technical College Emporia 1963685Caron Daugherty
Fort Scott Community College Fort Scott 19191,199Alysia Johnston
Garden City Community College Garden City 19191,436Ryan Ruda
Highland Community College Highland 18581,568Deborah Fox
Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson 19283,261Carter File
Independence Community College Independence 1925633Vincent Bowhay
Johnson County Community College Overland Park 19699,888Andrew Bowne
Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City 19233,523Greg Mosier
Labette Community College Parsons 19231,099Mark Watkins
Manhattan Area Technical College Manhattan 1965498James Genandt
Neosho County Community College Chanute 19361,207Brian Inbody
North Central Kansas Technical College Beloit 1996654Eric Burks
Northwest Kansas Technical College Goodland 1964730Ben Schears
Pratt Community College Pratt 1935875Mike Calvert
Salina Area Technical College Salina 1965435Greg Nichols
Seward County Community College Liberal 19671,188Kenneth Trzaska
WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology Wichita 19652,779Sheree Utash
Total enrollment (2018)47,491

Notes

  1. Washburn University is on the independent board, of which the Kansas Board of Regents holds one seat.
  2. Washburn Institute of Technology is operated by Washburn University.

References

  1. "Kansas Board of Regent Members". Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  2. List of Universities and Colleges governed by KBOR Archived October 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 "Board of Regents Announces 2022 Fall Semester Enrollment" (PDF). September 29, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.

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