Board of Regents

Kansas Board of Regents – The nine-member Kansas Board of Regents is the governing board of the state’s six universities and the statewide coordinating board for the state’s 32 public higher education institutions (six state universities, one municipal university, nineteen community colleges, and six technical colleges).

In addition, the Board administers the state’s student financial aid, adult education, high school equivalency, and career and technical education programs. Private proprietary schools and out-of-state institutions are authorized by the Kansas Board of Regents to operate in Kansas.

Kansas Board of Regents Strategic Plan - Building a Future

In June 2020, the Kansas Board of Regents voted to adopt a new strategic plan for the state’s public higher education system, Building a Future. This new plan seeks to help the system better serve Kansas families, Kansas businesses and the state’s economic prosperity. The plan is based on three pillars:

Pillar 1

Helping Kansas families by ensuring that higher education remains affordable and accessible to Kansas.

Pillar 2

Supporting Kansas businesses by focusing the advantages higher education can provide to businesses, with emphasis on developing a talent pipeline to meet the demands of employers and the state’s economy.

Pillar 3

Advancing economic prosperity by leveraging the capabilities and innovation of higher education to enhance the general economic prosperity of communities based on a local, regional and statewide basis.