Welcome to the Provost's Office

We live in times that have been described as both “extraordinary” and “tough.” In his inaugural address in January 2009, President Barack Obama signaled the importance of higher education and how it must rise to meet “the demands of a new age.”

Through the core missions of teaching, research, and service, the University of Kansas seeks to respond to the demands of a new age. We seek to change our world, and at the same time, our world calls upon us to change. This will require the engagement and awareness of everyone in our campus community.

• A Successful YearAs we near the end of the 2011-2012 academic year, the first year of implementation of our strategic plan Bold Aspirations, it is a good time to reflect upon the big, bold activities we are undertaking to transform KU and achieve our vision as a top-tier public, international research university.
• Research Investment Council & Strategic Initiative Grant Program

  The Research Investment Council is one immediate method in which we will invest in faculty-driven initiatives in order to move great multidisciplinary ideas forward. The Strategic Initiative Grant Program provides funding at various levels to advance our strategic initiatives.

• Provost Office Searches Director of Undergraduate Advising Center
• Bold Aspirations: A Strategic Plan for KU Based upon extensive input from the committees and KU community during the last academic year, we are now writing the strategic plan report and a detailed implementation plan. That plan will be available later this summer.
• Changing for Excellence We have a responsibility to our students, faculty and staff, as well as to the taxpayers of Kansas, to ensure that we devote every dollar possible to teaching, discovery and public service. Additionally, if we hope to take advantage of the opportunities in front of us and raise KU’s stature as a world-class university, we must transform the way we operate.