Become K-State's Hub in KC
The Olathe campus will be the front door for Kansas State University to expand its impact and coordination in Greater Kansas City.
In early 2019, the university launched an initiative to elevate Kansas State University's impact in the Greater Kansas City region, including positioning the Olathe campus as a central element. President Richard B. Myers and Provost Charles Taber invited key stakeholders who are engaged in the metropolitan area to serve on a task force focused on this strategic goal. Karen Pederson, dean of Global Campus, chairs the committee and gave the following charge to members.
Focus areas
The primary goal of the K-State in KC Task Force is to explore opportunities for academic and business engagement in the Greater Kansas City market to raise the university’s presence, visibility and reputation while growing K-State. Focus areas include:
- Enhanced cultivation of K-12 opportunities;
- Heightened community college engagement through partnerships and pathways;
- Intensified academic programming growth that meets an identifiable market need;
- Development of just-in-time and customized learning solutions that address the needs of key employers;
- Strengthened community engagement that fosters increased enrollment, research opportunities and university connections.
Task force charge
- Create, using a results-oriented lens, an inventory of current K-State initiatives in Greater Kansas City.
- Assess the existing higher education landscape and engage a gap analysis.
- Engage with key employers in the region to understand their unique employee development and education needs.
- Engage with alumni and assess opportunities for K-State to raise the university’s presence, visibility and reputation.
- Identify programmatic growth strategies that differentiate Kansas State University from the other higher education providers in the market.
- Establish long-term K-State in KC performance metrics.
- Optimize the university structure to enhance K-State’s academic and business engagement in the Kansas City region.