Number of students filing for financial aid spikes

The number of Missourians applying for student loans is showing a significant increase. Anyone applying for help paying college tuition must fill out a FASFA form — free application for federal student aid. Leroy Wade with the Department of Higher Education says...

Scholarship program favors private over public colleges

A plan to change Missouri’s primary scholarship program so that public college students can get the same amount of money as private college students has stalled in the legislature. At present, Access Missouri provides a maximum scholarship of $2,150 a year if...

Some MoHELA projects once suspended back on track

Many college capital improvement projects put on hold have been given the go ahead by the Nixon Administration to move forward. Five public universities were told by the Nixon Administration that planned capital improvements on their campuses had to be put on hold....