Intro: | Just days after issuing a letter warning that some Missouri universities may have to close, State Higher education commissioner Robert Stein says schools don't have enough money. |
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Wrap: State higher education commissioner Robert Stein says Missouri college students are just average in key school performance indicators and that the the system is in financial trouble.
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Description: "Missouri has a way to go relative to states in the region and the nation on those measures of the educated level of our population." |
Intro: | One Missouri university president says college boards will increase tuition to avoid state government oversight. |
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Wrap: State higher education commissioner Robert Stein says some universities will raise tuition without charging students.
Lincoln University President Carolyn Mahoney says she believes this goes along with the governor's agreement with state funded universities and doesn't limit their power to raise money in the future.
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Description: "A prudent approach is to put that tuition increase on the books so that if perhaps next year if we are faced with some very difficult economic choices that we must make then we do have that 2.7 % increase to build on." |
An increase this year would allow universities to avoid seeking a waiver to increase tuition greater than the state limit in later budget years.
From The Capitol, I'm Alex Klingelhoeffer (KLING-gul-HAY-fur).