
What PEN does
Supports the creation and implementation of innovative equity strategies
Connects PEN partner institutions to professional development and resources
Builds an equity-minded coalition of the willing of professionals across the state
Amplifies and celebrates the work of PEN partner institutions
Improving Equity in Missouri
The Postsecondary Equity Network (PEN) brings together over a dozen colleges and universities committed to eliminating equity gaps in degree completion for Black students and students from low-income backgrounds. Using the equity-minded framework, institutional teams of staff, faculty and students advance equity strategies at their own institutions while identifying opportunities to strengthen the system statewide.


Postsecondary Equity Network Partners
- Fontbonne University
- Harris-Stowe State University
- Jefferson College
- Maryville University
- McKendree University
- Missouri State University
- Saint Louis University
- St. Louis Community College
- Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Truman State University
- University of Central Missouri
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- University of Missouri-St. Louis
- Webster University
- GradForce KC/ KC Degrees
- Greater St. Louis Inc.
- Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development