October 24, 2010
Program Cuts Loom at 4 Public Universities
U. of Missouri at Columbia
At the U. of Missouri at Columbia, 75 "underperforming" degree programs are threatened.
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U. of Missouri at Columbia
At the U. of Missouri at Columbia, 75 "underperforming" degree programs are threatened.
Financially strapped public colleges and universities are living in the shadow of the ax this semester, enduring a renewed stream of announcements of potential or actual faculty layoffs and program closures.
The situation is not likely to improve anytime soon. Federal stimulus money, which propped up many budgets over the past two years, is drying up. And states are in no position to help. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research organization in Washington,
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