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KU Edwards Business, Engineering, Science & Technology Center (BEST Center)
"This is about jobs and this is about economic impact. The economic impact of KU's Edwards campus to Johnson County totals over half a billion dollars in its short existence. The Triangle initiative will double that impact in less than a decade. The Triangle, through the Edwards Campus, will create more job opportunities in the County and dramatically improve the quality of life for our citizens."

~Dr. Bob Clark
Vice Chancellor
KU Edwards Campus

Undergraduate Partnerships with JCCC & Masters Degrees:
  • Business
  • Applied Science & Technology
  • Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Engineering
Professional Science Masters Degrees:
  • Molecular Bioscience
  • Engineering
By the Numbers:
  • 75,000 square ft. facility, dedicated to classrooms and offices
  • $23.3 million worth of construction & equipment costs
  • $2.5 million for bond & debt
  • $650,000 needed annually for operations and maintenance
  • $1.85 million for degree programs
  • 10 new degrees offered
  • 4 Undergraduate, 4 Masters and 2 Professional Science Masters
  • 1,000 additional students per year
Benefits the Edwards Campus brings to the Johnson County Economy and Community
  • KU's Edwards Campus is always used as a selling point to companies - particularly high profile companies - considering moving to the County. The availability and quality of higher education is a top question people ask, and KU has the national reputation that people respond to.
  • Business = Johnson County' Understanding this helps to focus on what helps business. KU Edwards Campus has expertise to contribute to filling business needs now and in the future.
  • KU Edwards Campus helps to brand Johnson County's through its linkage with KU and KU's national reputation.
  • Education produces wealth and KU Edwards Campus produces world-class education.
  • KU Edwards Campus contributes to a stronger workforce and a stronger workforce brings a stronger County economy and community.
  • Image is important to marketing the County and its cities; a growing KU Edwards Campus adds to the image.
  • A growing KU Edwards Campus will bring the research of KU, and the economic impact that follows, to Johnson County.
Impact of the JCCC Partnership
  • Creates a groundbreaking partnership, merging the strengths of two great institutions by creating a complete public higher education environment in Johnson County
  • Significantly broadens access for Johnson County citizens and employers to nationally recognized, high quality, public higher education
  • Offers JCCC students and faculty the opportunities associated with being, in effect, the lower division partner of a major research university; offers KU students and faculty the opportunity to be the upper division partner of a major community college
  • Creates a high quality public higher education infrastructure that strengthens Johnson County's competitive position to attract and retain business, yielding significant economic impact
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