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Funding draft recommendations released for Missouri colleges and universities

Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri Campus
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Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri Campus

A joint committee of Missouri House and Senate members is considering an overhaul of how the state’s colleges and universities are funded each year.  A first draft of recommendations was released today, and it includes basing 10 percent of an institution’s state funding on performance standards such as graduation rates. 

GOP Senator David Pearce, said the report is still a work in progress.

“The 10 percent on the funding, is that excessive?" said Pearce. "Is it not enough?  Is it exactly where we want to have it?  Things like public service and student services that are very, very important parts of an individual institution – what kind of weight should that have when it comes to a funding formula?”

Public comments on the recommendations are being accepted through the end of the year, but Pearce said they could likely be revised once the legislative session begins next year.

Missouri Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a proud alumnus of the University of Mississippi (a.k.a., Ole Miss), and has been in radio for over 20 years, starting out as a deejay. His big break in news came when the first President Bush ordered the invasion of Panama in 1989. Marshall was working the graveyard shift at a rock station, and began ripping news bulletins off the old AP teletype and reading updates between songs. From there on, his radio career turned toward news reporting and anchoring. In 1999, he became the capital bureau chief for Florida's Radio Networks, and in 2003 he became News Director at WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio. During his time in Tallahassee he covered seven legislative sessions, Governor Jeb Bush's administration, four hurricanes, the Terri Schiavo saga, and the 2000 presidential recount. Before coming to Missouri, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Blue Ridge Mountains, reporting and anchoring for WWNC-AM in Asheville, North Carolina. Marshall lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Julie, their dogs, Max and Mason, and their cat, Honey.