Visioneering Wichita Aims To Develop City Into ’College Mecca’
Published Aug 17, 2009
Wichita State University is among more than 20 colleges and post-secondary institutions in the area.
With a strong public school system and thriving post-secondary choices‚ Wichita is cultivating a crop of lifelong learners.
High school students and their fam ilies may choose from a wide variety of opportunities in the city’s public school system‚ from strong compre hensive high schools with their rich array of arts‚ athletics and music pro grams to alternative schools‚ magnet schools and technical training. Pri vate and parochial schools offer other choices still.
“There are so many options for families in Wichita‚” says Wendy Johnson‚ marketing and communications divi sion director for USD 259. “We’re very fortunate that our public schools present such a strong option – something a lot of urban areas don’t have.”
After high school‚ students of all ages and interests can find educational options at any of the Wichita area’s 20-plus colleges and post-secondary institutions. In fact‚ plans are under way to develop Wichita as a “College Mecca‚” which is an out growth of the city’s Visioneering Wichita process.
“Two important things in the visioneering document were focusing on jobs that drive the economy and young people‚” says Suzie Ahlstrand‚ vice president of community advancement with the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce‚ which launched Visioneering Wichita.
The College Mecca Strategic alliance is one of 15 that grew from the visioning process. Its goal has been to increase communication among leaders of the area’s post-secondary schools with an eye toward building Wichita as a center for education.
Story by Laura Hill
Photo by Antony Boshier
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