Kansas Board of Regents

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
Websitewww.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.

Kansas Board of Regents is located in Kansas
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.
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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

Institution Location
(main campus)		 Founded Joined KBOR Full-time Equivalency Enrollment (fall 2022)[3] Leader
Emporia State University Emporia 1863 1925 3,943 Ken Hush
Fort Hays State University Hays 1902 7,973 Tisa Mason
Kansas State University Manhattan 1863 15,639 Richard Linton
Pittsburg State University Pittsburg 1903 4,999 Dan Shipp
University of Kansas Lawrence 1865 20,642 Doug Girod
University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City 2,802
Wichita State University Wichita 1895 1964 11,784 Richard Muma
Total enrollment (2022) 67,782

Municipal universities

Institution Location Founded Joined KBOR Full-time Equivalency Enrollment (fall 2022)[3] Leader
Washburn University[a] Topeka 1865 1999 4,068 JuliAnn Mazachek
Washburn Institute of Technology[b] 1964 (merged with Washburn in 2008) 959
Total enrollment (2022) 5,027

Public community and technical colleges

Institution Location Founded Joined KBOR Full-Time

Equivalent Enrollment

(Fall 2018)

President
Allen Community College Iola 1923 1999 1,432 John Masterson
Barton Community College Great Bend 1965 2,553 Carl Heilman
Butler Community College El Dorado 1927 5,323 Kimberly Krull
Cloud County Community College Concordia 1965 1,145 Amber Knoettgen
Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville 1923 1,451 Marlon Thornburg
Colby Community College Colby 1964 935 Seth Carter
Cowley County Community College Arkansas City 1922 1,914 Dennis Rittle
Dodge City Community College Dodge City 1935 1,079 Harold Nolte
Flint Hills Technical College Emporia 1963 685 Caron Daugherty
Fort Scott Community College Fort Scott 1919 1,199 Alysia Johnston
Garden City Community College Garden City 1919 1,436 Ryan Ruda
Highland Community College Highland 1858 1,568 Deborah Fox
Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson 1928 3,261 Carter File
Independence Community College Independence 1925 633 Vincent Bowhay
Johnson County Community College Overland Park 1969 9,888 Andrew Bowne
Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City 1923 3,523 Greg Mosier
Labette Community College Parsons 1923 1,099 Mark Watkins
Manhattan Area Technical College Manhattan 1965 498 James Genandt
Neosho County Community College Chanute 1936 1,207 Brian Inbody
North Central Kansas Technical College Beloit 1996 654 Eric Burks
Northwest Kansas Technical College Goodland 1964 730 Ben Schears
Pratt Community College Pratt 1935 875 Mike Calvert
Salina Area Technical College Salina 1965 435 Greg Nichols
Seward County Community College Liberal 1967 1,188 Kenneth Trzaska
WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology Wichita 1965 2,779 Sheree 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. ^ a b "Board of Regents Announces 2022 Fall Semester Enrollment" (PDF). September 29, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.

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