Tagged: Brady Deaton

A proposal to cut state funding to higher education would be devastating, according to MU Chancellor Brady Deaton.

Speaking on KBIA’s Intersection, Deaton said the 12.5% cut to MU’s budget would set the university’s state funding back to 1997 levels, despite having increased student enrollment by 50% in the time since. He says this would come on top of an already low record of state funding to higher education, with Missouri ranking lowest in terms of per capita funding among southeastern states.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

• Black caucus members in Jefferson City fight bill redefining workplace discrimination.
• MU Chancellor Brady Deaton rails against Gov. Jay Nixon's proposed cuts to higher education.
• Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum swings by Missouri before next month's GOP primary.

Watch the show and join the conversation on the Intersection website.

The University of Missouri system has seen record enrollment year after year. But the University’s leaders are keeping an eye on that growth to ensure it’s in the University’s best interest.

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