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Board of Regents hears strategic-plan update and student-success progress from K‑State, Pitt State and KU
Summary
Board members received a detailed strategic-plan update showing gains in retention, graduation and research funding and heard campus reports on student‑success playbook actions at Kansas State, Pittsburg State and the University of Kansas.
The Kansas Board of Regents received an update on the systemwide strategic plan and progress reports from several universities on student-success initiatives, with presenters reporting improvements in enrollment, retention, graduation rates and research funding.
President and CEO Blake Flanders told the board that “we have enrollment up, we have retention up, we have graduation up” and that need‑based aid and institution-level strategies are contributing to those gains. He highlighted larger system trends — increased completion, more students entering the workforce and a decline in average student debt for many graduates.
Flanders also warned of an upcoming decline in high‑school graduates and a demographic shift that will require renewed outreach: national projections show the…
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