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Our vision is to serve as the region’s premier business school for supporting innovation and organizational transformation, expanding access to rewarding careers, and fostering inclusive prosperity.
Our mission is to use experience-based learning to develop problem-solvers and entrepreneurial leaders who can leverage technology for a changing world. We provide pathways to career success, engage with partners from across the community, and build thought-leadership to support all of our stakeholders.
As lived by the school’s namesake, Bloch is committed to offering programs that address the needs of stakeholders and in developing students who are innovative and agile, and ready to tackle both the business and social challenges in our region.
Read the complete Bloch School Strategic Plan
The Bloch School of Management is the only school in the Kansas City region accredited by both AACSB and NASPAA. The Bloch School’s business administration programs are accredited by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), and the public administration programs are accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA).
Henry W. Bloch is the co-founder of tax empire H&R Block and considered to be one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. He is not only the Bloch School benefactor, but also the role model for what we teach: He embodies the philosophy of working hard, generating wealth and success, and completing the continuum by giving back to the community through philanthropy and social entrepreneurship.
Founded: 1953
Endowed by Henry Bloch: 1986
Changed name to Henry W. Bloch School of Management: 2010
Dean: Brian Klaas, Ph.D.
Faculty: 60
Endowed faculty chairs and professors: 13
Alumni: 21,080
Graduate enrollment: 652
Undergraduate enrollment: 1,135
