The Kansas Board of Regents is a body consisting of nine members which governs six state universities in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

. In addition to these six universities, it also supervises and coordinates nineteen community colleges, five technical colleges, six technical schools and a municipal university. Refer to the list of colleges and universities for details on the individual schools.

Member selection

The Kansas Boad of Regents has nine members, each of whom is appointed by the Governor of Kansas and confirmed by the Senate. Members serve on various committees that address higher education issues.

Current Members

The current members and their terms:

• Christine Downey-Schmidt (June 2013)
• Mildred Edwards (June 2014)
• Tim Emert (June 2014)
• Fred Logan (confirmation pending)
• Dan Lykins (June 2009)
• Ed McKechnie (June 2014)
• Robba Moran (confirmation pending)
• Janie Perkins (June 2009)
• Kenny Wilk (confirmation pending)

Tasks

For the most part, the Board deals with educational providers to improve the quality of their educational policies, programs, and services, in an effort to improve the quality of learning in general, as well as to maintain this quality, in Kansas.

In addition to serving on the Board, each of its members serves on various commissions and committees throughout the year.

Schools governed by the Board of Regents

• Emporia State University
  Emporia State University
  Emporia State University is a university in the city of Emporia in Lyon County, Kansas, just east of the Flint Hills.- History :...
  
  , Emporia
  Emporia, Kansas
  Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 24,916. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 and 35 on the Kansas Turnpike...
  
  
• Fort Hays State University
  Fort Hays State University
  Fort Hays State University is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas, United States. It is the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 11,200 students .- History :FHSU was founded in 1902 as the...
  
  , Hays
  Hays, Kansas
  Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University...
  
  
• Kansas State University
  Kansas State University
  Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
  
  , Manhattan
  Manhattan, Kansas
  Manhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas in the United States, at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County and the city extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281...
  
  
• Pittsburg State University
  Pittsburg State University
  Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal...
  
  , Pittsburg
  Pittsburg, Kansas
  Pittsburg is a city in Crawford County, in southeastern Kansas, United States. It is the most populous city in Crawford County and in southeastern Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 20,233.-History:...
  
  
• University of Kansas
  University of Kansas
  The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
  
  , Lawrence
  Lawrence, Kansas
  Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
  
  
• Wichita State University
  Wichita State University
  Wichita State University is a NCAA Division I public university in Wichita, Kansas with selective admissions. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The current president is Dr. Donald Beggs....
  
  , Wichita
  Wichita, Kansas
  Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...