
The Office of Academic Access and Leadership Development enhances Mizzou’s ability to engage and impact students throughout the various stages of the K-20 pipeline thereby positively affecting student access, development and educational and career outcomes.
K-12 engagement, outreach and access initiatives
Our K-12 engagement, outreach and access initiatives are designed to expose elementary, middle and high school students to various educational and academic opportunities, providing them with access and opportunities to encourage the pursuit of post-secondary education.
- Emerging Leaders Conference
- High School MOCHA & WOCHA
- MAC Scholars Summer Honors Academy
- Missouri College Advising Corps
- STEM Cubs
Undergraduate access, leadership and outreach initiatives
Our undergraduate pipeline initiatives are designed to help students successfully complete their degrees by providing resources that support student success and retention, promote leadership development and career readiness opportunities, as well as expose participating students to graduate studies.
- AALD’s Discover Program
- McNair Scholars Program
- Mentoring, Opportunities and Support for Achievement, Identity and Community (MOSAIC)
- MOLSAMP
- Student Success Coaching
Graduate student professional development programs
We provide graduate students personal, academic, cultural, social, professional and leadership support with the goal of increasing faculty recruitment and retention of a dynamic cohort of PhD students.
- Graduate Scholars of Excellence (GSE)
- Southern Region Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Scholar Program
Louis Stokes Regional Center of Excellence for the Study of STEM Interventions
- About the SOSI Center
- SOSI Center Institutes 2022