About KCCAP

Our Mission

KCCAP serves potential postsecondary students, human resource professionals and our community, with a commitment to provide information about higher educational opportunities in the Kansas City Metro Area that are developed with the working adult in mind.

Board Members '24-'25

President: Maureen Pope (Metropolitan Community College
KC – Longview)
President-Elect: Jenelle French (Ottawa University)
Secretary: Adam Keener
(Research College of Nursing)

Treasurer: Abigail Jelavich
(University of Missouri- Kansas City)

Board Members '23-'24

President: Ashlyn Jorgensen (Pittsburg State University)
President-Elect: Maureen Pope (Metropolitan Community College- Longview)
Secretary: Ashley Caldwell (University of Central Missouri)

Treasurer: Abigail Jelavich (University of Missouri- Kansas City)

We provide academic excellence in education through a wide variety of programs for the working adult at the Associate, Bachelor and Master degree levels.

We promote professional associations with other schools, colleges, and universities within the Kansas City metropolitan area as well as the business community as a whole.

We assist human resource managers by offering new avenues of higher learning to enhance their employees and corporation through member institutions.

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We offer free education fairs, information tables, lunch and learn opportunities and professional development resources to any company, organization, corporation, or area business who would like to promote diverse learning.

We assist potential students in finding the right program that fits their individual needs among our member institutions, which will prepare them for a new career, a promotion, or a new leadership role within their current position.

We offer members annual professional development opportunities, monthly meetings to enhance our commitment to quality education programs, ideas to find solutions to challenging issues within higher education, and excellent relationships with our peers.

We donate our time and expertise to help guide adult students to reach their education goals. We also donate our time to volunteer services to further serve our community.