(a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas higher education coordination act.
(b) The purpose of this act is to provide for the general improvement of postsecondary education in the state of Kansas and to provide leadership, supervision and coordination for postsecondary educational institutions so that enhanced accessibility, quality, excellence, accountability, research and service may be achieved in the postsecondary educational system for Kansas residents through the efficient and effective utilization and concentration of all available resources and the elimination of costly and undesirable duplication in program and course offerings, faculties and physical facilities at postsecondary educational institutions.