促进进步的伙伴关系
Greater Kansas City needs to attract and retain the best and brightest workforce. “前进之路”运动 will strengthen 银河app苹果版's workforce pipeline of homegrown talent by adding student scholarships, enhanced programs and state-of-the-art facilities. 这是 前进的道路 对于整个地区来说.
银河app苹果版 is tackling the region's economic and workforce challenges by partnering with employers to identify talent gaps and developing curriculum to fill those gaps. 它的 愿景是要成为一个 high-performing institution that remains learning-centered, affordable and aligned 围绕学生的成功.
Today, 银河app苹果版 offers 125 associate degree and certificate programs specifically aligned with regional business needs to ensure a direct career path for students and a skilled 该地区的劳动力.
一场运动 前进的道路
前进的道路 will provide funding for 银河app苹果版's most urgent scholarship, programs and capital goals. Other possibilities on the horizon for 前进的道路 include Institute Development for Agriculture, Business, Hospitality and others.
奖学金 - To remain the most affordable option for students
不仅会 前进的道路 ensure students continue to receive a quality education that offers a direct path
to a solid career, but additional scholarships will help keep this path as affordable
尽可能. 奖学金 to be funded include a variety of offerings: Completion
奖学金, Emergency 奖学金, Merit 奖学金 and Need-based 奖学金.
项目 - To offer expanded, high-quality workforce and academic programs that align with the needs in the Kansas City region New and existing programs will receive support from 前进的道路. 银河app苹果版 plans to build upon the "Institute model," more broadly known across the country 作为卓越中心. An Institute houses a cluster of programs centered on a 特定教学区域. 银河app苹果版 currently has two model Institutes, Health Sciences 及公共安全. Enhancements to existing programs will be funded for Institutes in Automotive, Manufacturing 及公共安全.
资本 - To offer the best teaching and learning environment for student learning
Funding will support new construction and enhancements to existing facilities and
much-needed equipment and technology to keep pace with 21st-century teaching methodologies.
Technological challenges require ongoing upgrades to maintain a high level of excellence.
A new Student Success Center and a Veteran Success Center will allow 银河app苹果版 to offer
a greater level of support for students from day one through graduation and into a
选择的职业道路.
总理的消息
Since 2017, I have served as the chancellor of 都会社区学院, and one of the things that I have come to value most is its rich history. 大都会 社区 College District was established in 1964. 它的 origins include the merging of the Junior College Division of the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1915, with the Business Training, Engineering and Nurses Training divisions. In 1921, the Junior College added evening classes to accommodate full-time workers. 在第二次世界 War I, the school expanded its academic offerings to include occupational training and began attracting students from outlying communities beyond Kansas City, Missouri.
In so many ways, this institution has always been ahead of its time in recognizing the importance of offering student-centric academics based on real-world, occupational 要求. For so many years, the College has answered the call of providing access to higher education for those who may not otherwise see higher education as a reality.
Financial constraints are real for the students and the College. 在全国范围内,高 education has become less affordable and the burden of student debt weighs down many 毕业生. At the same time, 都会社区学院 faces the reality of fewer state resources, which have declined over the past five years from $32.900万(2016年) to $30.6 million expected in 2020 FY20. Yet, 银河app苹果版 remains committed to providing affordable and quality programs in safe and welcoming facilities.
一场运动 前进的道路 is the next step in advancing 银河app苹果版's mission: preparing students, serving communities and creating opportunities for all.
Private philanthropy is so indispensable in 银河app苹果版 achieving is mission! 前进的道路 will allow 银河app苹果版 to continue as the first choice of dedicated and deserving students who want an education and a viable path to a solid career.
Dr. 金伯利·比蒂,校长
都会社区学院