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After a win in the U.S. Supreme Court last year, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is leading a coalition of states challenging the Department of Education’s second attempt at loan forgiveness. The federal program could waive or help with payments for more than 8 million borrowers.
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Included in the budget is a 3.2% pay increase for state workers, money to fully fund school transportation and more funding for colleges. However, the House version of the budget is about $2 billion less than Gov. Mike Parson requested.
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College access advisers say most Kansas City students won't start receiving financial award letters until at least April, but most colleges ask students to decide where to enroll by May 1.
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The university's national alumni group issued a "no confidence" rebuke to the Board of Curators, for accepting the review's findings and reinstating President John Moseley.
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The bill crafted by Republican Rep. Steven Howe wouldn’t apply to private or parochial colleges and universities in Kansas. Originally, the financial penalty was $100,000 per offense. Critics say the measure is vague and violates academic freedom.
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When Fontbonne University administrators announced last week that the school would cease operations in 2025, the decision stunned students and alumni. But the move is also concerning to other small liberal arts or faith-based colleges around Missouri and Kansas.
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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.