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In interviews with the Midwest Newsroom, leaders of the Missouri university’s national alumni association echo Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, who wrote a scathing critique of President John B. Moseley before she died by suicide.
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The president of the historically Black university in Jefferson City is now on administrative leave amid accusations of bullying from the former vice president for student affairs.
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The total pay for Choi, who serves as both MU chancellor and UM System president, has jumped from about $670,000 to nearly $1 million over the last three years. But the UM System Board of Curators has been discussing his raises in closed session meetings.
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The Parkville, Missouri, university is cutting 16 faculty positions, three master’s programs and about a dozen total majors, certificates, concentrations and minors. The number of students enrolled has dropped by more than 30% over the last few years.
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Shawnee, Kansas goes to the polls next Tuesday amid culture wars, lawsuits, and a sexting scandal. Plus: A new choral work commissioned by William Jewell College is helping the institution own up to its fraught racial history.
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The department is withholding payment from the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, its largest loan servicer, as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.
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William Jewell College has commissioned a new choral work, “The Canon for Racial Reconciliation,” which is part of a broader effort at the college to reckon with the institution's racial history. The music melds Orthodox liturgy with gospel sounds, and is co-written by composers Nicholas Reeves and Isaac Cates.
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Donors had specified that Avila University in Kansas City shouldn’t spend the principal of its endowment, which is invested and used to pay for scholarships. However, Avila argued it needed access to all of the money, otherwise it would be "challenged to meet its financial obligations."
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The Catholic liberal arts school in Kansas City is asking a court to remove limitations that donors imposed on money they gave for scholarships. Avila University says that if it can't tap into its endowment, "the University will be challenged to meet its financial obligations."
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Missouri is one of 16 states that have underfunded land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities for decades, according to the leaders of the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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A June ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, overturning decades of precedent, decreed that colleges can’t consider race when deciding if to admit a student. Missouri university system leaders told state lawmakers that the decision has "no impact" on them because race was not a factor in admissions already.
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The U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action in higher education last month. While many colleges in Missouri aren’t making significant changes to their admissions and scholarship processes, some university officials say it will impact diversity in higher education.