Review past presentations made at the Kansas Board of Regents:

Kansas Board of Regents Liberal Arts Discussion

Date: December 18, 2014
Presenters: (see agenda)

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Kansas Board of Regents Clinical Integration Update

Date: December 17, 2014
Presenters:
- Doug Girod, M.D. - Executive Vice Chancellor, KUMC
- Bob Page - CEO, University of Kansas Hospital

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The Board of Regents holds meetings each month at the Topeka board office. Meeting agendas are posted at kansasregents.org usually the week prior to the meeting. At each meeting, the minutes from the previous meeting are certified and made the official minutes of the Kansas Board of Regents.

If you are unable to attend a Board meeting in person, but would like to listen in, click here for Live Stream information. NOTE: When the Board meeting is scheduled for somewhere other than Topeka, streaming may not be available.  

Click here for the Live Stream Link for the Board committees.

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Official documents from past meetings are available by request at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Copies of any attachment referenced in the minutes may also be obtained by contacting the Board Office.

What is Reverse Transfer?

Reverse Transfer allows you to receive your associate degree from your most recent Kansas community college or technical college by combining the credits you earned there and the credits you earn after transferring to a Kansas public university. 

Within your first year, if you transfer coursework from a community college or technical college to a public university, you will be notified if you are eligible to be considered for Reverse Transfer.  You are eligible if you have completed 45 credit hours at one or more colleges and if you consent to the release of your academic records.  If you consent (also known as “opting in”) your academic records will be evaluated for degree completion and your degree will be conferred based upon a satisfactory evaluation.  Opting in is the first step. 

Why do Reverse Transfer?

A college degree is key to economic opportunity.  Research shows that on average, people with more education make more money than those with less.  Associate degree holders average about $200,000 more over a lifetime than individuals with some college but no degree, while bachelor’s degree holders average over $720,000 more. 

The associate degree represents an educational achievement, a credential for career advancement, and a building block to additional academic accomplishments.  Further, research shows that students who earn the associate degree via reverse transfer are more likely to continue their education and complete a bachelor’s degree. 

RESOURCES

• Systemwide Reverse Transfer institutional contacts are available here (pdf).
  

Kansas is part of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) through the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC). SARA is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offerings of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. SARA is overseen by a National Council and administered by four regional education compacts.

• To learn more about SARA, click here.

Kansas Legislation and Board Action

K.S.A. 74-32,194 authorizes certain postsecondary educational institutions to enter into the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement to provide distance education to out-of-state students. If a postsecondary institution is a private or out-of-state institution and does not have a physical presence in Kansas, its participation in the agreement will exempt the institution from the Kansas Private and Out-of-State Postsecondary Educational Act.

• To view the Board action to create the Kansas State Portal Agency, click here (page 23).

Approved States and Institutions

A comprehensive listing of SARA approved states and institutions is available online. Here is a list of approved SARA institutions in Kansas including the dates they were initially approved:

• Allen Community College (6/2/16)
• Baker University (9/9/16)
• Barclay College (11/14/16)
• Barton Community College (7/8/15)
• Benedictine College (2/23/16)
• Bethel College (11/28/23)
• Butler Community College (6/11/15)
• Central Baptist Theological Seminary (8/3/15)
• Central Christian College of Kansas (4/20/23)
• Cleveland University - Kansas City (4/11/16)
• Cloud County Community College (4/14/15)
• Coffeyville Community College (2/4/19)
• Colby Community College (1/19/16)
• Cowley Community College (1/15/15)
• Dodge City Community College (11/21/16)
• Donnelly College (8/12/19)
• Emporia State University (2/4/15)
• Flint Hills Technical College (4/16/15)
• Fort Hays State University (4/8/15)
• Fort Scott Community College (9/2/17)
• Friends University (11/16/15)
• Garden City Community College (3/10/16)
• Hesston College (8/13/21)
• Highland Community College (1/7/19)
• Hutchinson Community College (4/14/15)
• Independence Community College (5/21/15)
• Johnson County Community College (6/15/15)
• Kansas City Kansas Community College (8/13/15)
• Kansas State University (2/9/15)
• Kansas Wesleyan University (4/20/15)
• Labette Community College (1/18/17)
• Manhattan Christian College (9/30/22)
• MidAmerica Nazarene University (4/8/15)
• Neosho County Community College (12/14/15)
• Newman University (6/21/17)
• Pittsburg State University (3/31/15)
• Pratt Community College (8/24/16)
• Saint Paul School of Theology (3/22/16)
• Salina Area Technical College (2/18/20)
• Seward County Community College (11/7/16)
• Sterling College (2/4/15)
• Tabor College (9/10/15)
• University of Kansas (1/16/15)
• University of Saint Mary (2/11/15)
• Washburn University (8/21/15)
• Wichita State University (1/14/15)
• Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (6/6/23)

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Becoming a SARA Institution

Any degree-granting institution based in the United States, holding proper authorization from Congress, a U.S. state or a federally recognized Indian tribe and holding accreditation from an accrediting association recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education is eligible to apply to its home state to participate in SARA if that state is a SARA member.

• To learn more about the application process nationally, click here.

Kansas applications are available by contacting Jennifer Armour: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Student Concerns Regarding Kansas SARA Institutions

Issues not resolved at the institutional level may be directed to the home state SARA portal agency of the institution against which the complaint has been logged. For institutions based in Kansas, the portal agency is the Kansas Board of Regents. Students with issues regarding approved Kansas institutions are to follow the complaint procedure as outlined.

Reports

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• September 2015