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Comprehensive Resources, Support and Programming

We're developing comprehensive resources and support under four pillars — teaching and learning, research and creativity, service and engagement and faculty life and leadership.

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In the inaugural year of the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE), our pillar leads and faculty fellows are developing and offering a variety of programs and resources to support faculty. While some programs will be single-session workshops, others will be semester- or year-long professional learning.

UMKC Faculty Diversity Dialogues

Facts About Our Faculty

1,746

Publication

Books, chapters, articles and conference proceedings published in the past 36 months

UMKC Scholars dashboard

812

Registrations

Number of registrations in professional learning (duplicated) workshops since January 2020

CAFE Professional Learning

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1,265

Faculty

UMKC employed 641 full-time and 623 part-time faculty last year

IPEDS profile

“My favorite part is seeing students find success in their future career paths.” — Kelly Cochran

Cassidy Jones and Kelly Cochran

Meet this Dynamic Duo

Latest Faculty News

A Decade as Top Program for the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies

U.S. News & World Report ranks online graduate programs

UMKC Professor weighs in on Jay-Z's Team Roc pressure for DOJ to investigate KCK police

Team Roc, joined by the nonprofit Midwest Innocence Project, said there is enough evidence of systemic police misconduct in the department to merit an investigation.

New Round of Entrepreneurship Innovation Grants Announced

Six proposals approved for total of $170,000

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