In a year of lower-than-usual tuition increases in Missouri, the proposed tuition increases on the other side of the river at Southern Illinois University are especially eye-popping. It’s not set in stone yet, but the SIU board will consider next…
Missouri’s community colleges have agreed to not raise tuition next year, too, as long as they also don’t have cuts in their state appropriations, according to an Associated Press story that just moved on the wire.
Earlier this week, Gov. Jay…
Today is the deadline for every public university and college in Missouri to send in their impact statements of how they would handle a potential 15 to 25 percent cut in state appropriations.
The reports are due to the state Department…
More lean times could be down the road for public universities in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Higher Education sent a memo this afternoon to the presidents and chancellors of the state’s two-year and four-year institutions about possible budget scenarios…
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…
