[4] On December 16, 2011,[5] Aisha Khan, a then-19-year-old student at nearby Johnson County Community College, called her sister from KU Edwards and said that she was running from a drunken stranger who had harassed her while she was outdoors studying.

[5] On the night of December 21, 2011, the Overland Police Department informed Khan's family that she had been found safe and not held against her will.

[11] Reason for continuing their education, according to a pre-enrollment survey:[citation needed] The KU Edwards Campus offers an undergraduate degree completion and graduate programs.

The Johnson County Education Research Triangle (JCERT) is formed by KUEC, KU Medical Center and K-State-Olathe.

By 2019, the Johnson County Education Research Triangle supports 27 degrees and certificate programs at KUEC, which grew 15 percent in the 2018–19 school year.