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July 2, 2018WARRENSBURG, Mo.
UCM President leaving university
The president of the University of Central Missouri is
leaving to become CEO and president of an education nonprofit.
Charles "Chuck" Ambrose told the UCM Board of Governors on Friday that he
will begin at KnowledgeWorks in Cincinnati on Sept. 1. The organization's
website says it has created opportunities for more than 135,000 students in 20
states through competency-based learning and early college.
Ambrose has been president of the University of Central Missouri since August
2010. He played a key role in creation of the Missouri Innovation Campus, a
partnership involving the university, the Lee's Summit School District in
suburban Kansas City, Metropolitan Community College and nearly 50 Kansas
City-area corporations. The program was touted by former Gov. Jay Nixon and
former President Barack Obama.
