We are pleased to announce that Associate Vice Provost for University College Dr. Kim McNeley has been appointed as Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising. Dr. McNeley’s title will reflect this added responsibility as the Associate Vice Provost for University College and Undergraduate Advising. As part of her new role, Dr. McNeley will begin working with campus [...]
The University of Missouri-Kansas City will open a new center this fall to help students who arrive without a major decide what to study and reduce their dropout rate. About 350 students come to the Kansas City campus every year without a major, and nearly four out of five of them don’t graduate. UMKC’s overall [...]
In the fall of 2012, the University College, designated to help incoming undeclared or exploratory students, will launch! Located in the Student Success Center, the University College will connect students with key support services and ultimately enable them to have more interactions with faculty and staff from the various colleges throughout UMKC. Faculty and staff [...]
Why create a University College at UMKC? The persistence rates of undeclared first-time, full-time students averages 55%, as compared to 74% for all UMKC first-time, full-time freshmen, and falls significantly below the 80-85% UMKC goal for first-time, full-time freshmen (Fall 2008, Fall 2009 and Fall 2010). Similarly, the persistence rates of undecided-transfer students average 63% [...]
