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09.16.2009 2:52 pm

WashU prez: School needs to find $30 million in cuts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Washington University needs to make significant cuts to address an anticipated $30 million shortfall in the fiscal year starting July 1, 2010, Chancellor Mark Wrighton wrote in an email to the university today.

Most of that shortfall, which largely affects the…

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06.24.2009 2:07 pm

Obama administration announces changes to simplify the FAFSA

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan came to St. Louis in April for a middle-class task force on college affordability, he pledged to streamline and simplify the financial aid application process. Well, voila! Two months later, Duncan has unveiled a…

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02.02.2009 1:40 pm

Maryville U. also plans smaller tuition hike

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Maryville President Mark Lombardi

Maryville President Mark Lombardi

Maryville University is considering a roughly 3 percent tuition increase for next year — a smaller increase than the last several years when tuition increases there have averaged about 5.2 percent.

President Mark Lombardi told me when I…

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11.17.2008 6:52 pm

UM President Gary Forsee announces hiring freeze

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gary Forsee, the president of the University of Missouri system, announced a hiring freeze at the four campuses earlier today. Click here to read his full letter to the university community about the freeze.

A story in tomorrow’s paper will flesh out…

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