The Summit on Access Persistence and Completion for Underserved Populations, Friday, September 27, 2019
Hosted By: University of Kansas, Edwards Campus
The state of student diversity at Kansas and Missouri education institutions is changing rapidly. The increase of diverse populations, decrease in graduating numbers in our high schools and budgetary constraints bring fully into focus the critical issue of recruiting and retaining students of color. Our future success depends upon our ability to adapt. There are many factors and forces at play, such as institutional demographics, institutional characteristics and the availability of resources to employ best practice models for student success.
The goal of the Kansas/Missouri Summit on Access, Persistence & Completion is to provide faculty and staff the opportunity to discuss and share programs, ideas, strategies, and best practices that support the recruitment & retention of students of color in the states of Kansas and Missouri.
The 2019 Summit will facilitate the exchange of strategies, techniques, and ideas to address access to education and persistence toward completion for our area institutions and the students we serve. In addition, it will provide an opportunity for collaboration between academic and student affairs professionals.