University of Missouri enrollment to decline more than 7 percent; 400 jobs to be eliminated

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By Rudi Keller

Enrollment on the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus is expected to decline more than 7 percent in the fall and budget cuts will require the elimination of up to 400 jobs, interim Chancellor Garnett Stokes said Monday at a budget forum.

The enrollment decline estimate is the first provided by MU officials for overall fall numbers. The university has already said it expects first-time freshman enrollment to decline by almost 18 percent.

For the school year that ended last week, enrollment at MU was 33,266, down 6.1 percent from the previous year’s record. If Stokes’ projection of a 7.4 percent decline is accurate, enrollment in the fall will be about 30,800, the lowest in nine years.

MU will cut jobs by eliminating vacant positions from the budget, which will be about half the total, Stokes said. The other half will be from retirements, not renewing annual contracts and formal layoffs. The total number of layoffs will be 100 or fewer, she said.

Overall, the university is planning to cut 12 percent from the academic and administrative operations budget, or about $55 million. About $24 million is to cover a funding shortfall because of lower tuition revenue and cuts in state support, materials presented on slides during the forum showed. Of the remainder, $7.7 million is for promised spending increases, including money for graduate students and diversity programs while the remainder is to create a pool of money for program investments.

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For undergraduate enrollment, the university in the past has tried to explain it as a combination of smaller high school graduating classes in Missouri, better recruitment by schools in other states and the aftermath of the November 2015 demonstrations and resignations of system President Tim Wolfe and Columbia campus Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin.

The university has studied the issue and now sees that it is almost all due to negative publicity since the demonstrations, said Pelema Morrice, vice provost for enrollment.

“It is clear from what we learned thus far that the vast majority of our undergraduate enrollment concerns are closely tied to our public perception issues throughout the state and throughout the country,” he said.

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rjkeller@columbiatribune.com

 

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20170515/university-of-missouri-enrollment-to-decline-more-than-7-percent-400-jobs-to-be-eliminated

 

[IAMX 3,055]

Gotta find new ways of conning people out of their money.

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14 minutes ago, IAMX said:

Gotta find new ways of conning people out of their money.

I guess being a bastion for safe spaces and pointless protests are causing perspective students and their parents look elsewhere.  Incoming freshmen decline 17%...It must be all Trump's fault.

 

  

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16 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

I guess being a bastion for safe spaces and pointless protests are causing perspective students and their parents look elsewhere.  Incoming freshmen decline 17%...It must be all Trump's fault.

 

  

Just need more taxpayer money so all the kids can have a free post-secondary education to come and be indoctrinated.

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Can't play football either.  Close the school.

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1 hour ago, iwannaplay54 said:

Can't play football either.  Close the school.

Ouch.

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Melissa Click where are you?

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19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Melissa Click where are you?

Prob the donut shop:

 

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/u-missouri-doughnut-store-owner-suggests-melissa-click-protestors-drove-him-out-of-business/

U Missouri Doughnut Store Owner Suggests Melissa Click, Protestors Drove Him Out of Business

 

Not gonna bother reading the article, the headline is enough. 

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5 hours ago, Boiler said:

Melissa Click where are you?

Probably teaching critical thinking!