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Educational Research and Development

Diane Wright, Vice President, Educational Research and Development

Scott Lucas, Manager, Research, 316.677.9535

Educational Research and Development personnel conduct institutional research, including staff support for overall effectiveness, strategic planning and assessment; provide assistance and management in the development and dissemination of information related to academic and administrative programs, accreditation and enrollment; facilitate the development of internal and external reports; provide counsel, fact finding and analysis to support decision making; and serve as an information resource for academic and administrative units.

The Future WATC

Plans are being laid now for the programs and infrastructure needed for the new campus. The new campus will feel more like a business center than an educational institution. Workers for the county's five aircraft manufacturers and hundreds of businesses that support them will receive training at this new campus. A few of the programs selected for the new campus are various kinds of aviation training, manufacturing, welding and robotics.

This facility will allow for the hands-on training students and employers expect.

WATC is the managing partner of Sedgwick County�s National Center for Aviation Training at Jabara Airport: a world-class facility dedicated to educating students to work in high-paying aviation and manufacturing jobs. The first phase of construction will be complete this summer and the second phase should be finished and ready for students by fall 2010.