Blunt Creates Task Force to Help Ensure Campus Safety

On the heels of the tragedy at Virginia Tech University, Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) has announced a new Campus Security Task Force to examine the safety and security at Missouri’s colleges and universities. The Task Force would also help ensure a closer...

"Intellectual Diversity" Promoted in House

A dispute sparked by a social work student at Missouri State University in Springfield has sparked legislation at the Capitol, which supporters say is needed to ensure intellectual diversity. Missouri State settled a lawsuit filed by student Emily Brooker who accused...

Blunt Threatens Democrats

Governor Blunt is threatening Democratic lawmakers with loss of higher education projects in their districts if they don’t help Republicans pass the MOHELA bill. At least six higher education building projects that would be financed with money from the sale of...

Tuition Limits Questioned

Some of Missouri’s top college leaders dispute the fundamental reason some lawmakers want to limit college tuition hikes. Senator Gary Nodler of Joplin is working on a way to limit public college tuition increases to the cost of living index. He admits...