The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education approved a budget request this morning that asks the state for flat appropriations next year. That’s not because public universities don’t need or want a funding increase.
Rather, it’s because the state’s Office of…
U of I President B. Joseph White
The University of Illinois just announced that it will increase tuition by 2.6 percent this fall for incoming in-state freshmen, a smaller rate hike than the 4 percent initially proposed.
The tuition announcement is being…
UM President Gary Forsee
In a hastily-called conference call this morning, the University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously passed a resolution opposing a potential veto of its two highest-priority building projects under consideration by Gov. Jay Nixon.
University President Gary Forsee…
University of Missouri system President Gary Forsee liked most of what he heard from Gov. Nixon’s state of the state address last night. In a statement today, Forsee applauded Nixon on the whole for his commitment to higher education.
But Forsee…
In a memo to top school officials on Tuesday, University of Missouri President Gary Forsee directed the system’s four campuses to “significantly” reduce expenses in everything from in-state and out-of-state travel to meals and refreshments for university meetings to employee…
The State of Illinois announced last week that it is expanding 50 “Preschool for All” sites and adding 30 more locations to the publicly-funded early childhood education program.
The expansion coincided with the release of another in-depth study connecting long-term economic and…
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education is asking the state Legislature for a 7.4 percent funding increase in base higher education appropriations.
The board approved the request at its meeting last week. The requested increase includes the 4.4 percent increase…
