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2008 Higher Ed. Stories

• 12/ 3/2008: Radio Story - As tuition costs continue to rise state funding for higher education is an increasing concern for Missouri.
• 12/ 1/2008: Newspaper Story - Higher education funding is a major issue in Missouri's future
• 10/21/2008: Radio Story - Which a chance for Missouri to become an English only state government this election season, a decade old bill requiring state agencies to provide adult English education is reviewed for compliance.
• 10/20/2008: Radio Story - With Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority's financial woes increasing from the credit market crisis, finding a way to make colleges more affordable is one of the major issues facing Missouri's gubernatorial candidates.
• 10/ 6/2008: Newspaper Story - Higher education funding is a major issue in Missouri's election campaigns.
• 9/24/2008: Newspaper Story - Democrats said Blunt ignored warnings about the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative
• 9/17/2008: Newspaper Story - The recent Wall Street financial downturn is predicted to have little effect on Missouri government's investments.
• 9/16/2008: Radio Story - Despite low figures, MOHELA does not regret the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative from 2006 and 2007.
• 9/10/2008: Newspaper Story - The student curator bill fails to override the governor's veto.
• 5/16/2008: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers vote to let the student curator vote, maybe.
• 4/23/2008: Newspaper Story - Though lawmakers say sale of MOHELA's assets had no effect on state budget, public institutions might feel effects from loan agency's money crunch
• 4/ 7/2008: Newspaper Story - Sen. Joan Bray requested an increase to the UM System budget
• 3/27/2008: Newspaper Story - House passed budget for higher education despite oposition.
• 3/13/2008: Radio Story - Illegal aliens would not be able to enroll in public institutions of higher education under a bill passed by the House into the Senate. Rebecca Layne has more from Jefferson City.
• 3/12/2008: Newspaper Story - Missouri House gives first-round approval to bill prohibiting illegal immigrants from attending public colleges
• 3/11/2008: Newspaper Story - The House budget shuts down initiatives to expand education for health professions.
• 3/10/2008: Newspaper Story - The House Budget Committee chair is pushing for cuts in the governor's recommendations for higher education.
• 3/ 3/2008: Newspaper Story - MOHELA would originate its own loans to help with the agency's dwindling funds, an executive director said.
• 2/20/2008: Radio Story - MOHELA wants to be able to control how it distributes money and a new bill may make that possible.
• 2/18/2008: Radio Story - The MoHELA bill that has thrown numerous kinks into the Missouri government passed through the Senate Monday.
• 2/13/2008: Newspaper Story - Senator says MU trying to kill bill making tuition cheaper for veterans
• 2/13/2008: Radio Story - Public education can use traditional holiday names without exploitation.
• 2/13/2008: Radio Story - The UM System Student Representative urges legislators to create the position for a voting student member.
• 2/ 4/2008: Radio Story - The House Higher Education Committee will hear a bill promoting intellectual diversity on Missouri's college campuses.
• 1/30/2008: Radio Story - A bill is proposed that will raise pay for math and science teachers in Missouri Public Schools.
• 1/29/2008: Radio Story - Missouri's House Crime Committee was urged Tuesday afternoon to block sex offenders from college dorms.
• 1/29/2008: Newspaper Story - Ammendment would require a sex offender registry serach of all university housing applicants
• 1/28/2008: Newspaper Story - The House Democrats held a press conference to discuss their education package for this session.