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The chair of Webster Universitys board of trustees defended the private college on Thursday, saying the plan to boost enrollment and revenue is working.

Chancellor Beth Stroble and President Julian Schuster are among the highest paid university leaders in the region despite plummeting revenues and lower student enrollment.

If one purpose of a college education is to teach young people how the world works, Webster University is doing it — in the worst way.

Websters leaders received pay raises despite years of declining revenue and enrollment. The university lost more than $128 million over the past decade.

Webster University’s Dr. Donald M. Suggs Scholarship program is 10 years old this year. Webster reached out to some of the 37 students or alumni who benefited from the program

President Biden announced student loan debt forgiveness and it spurred split opinions on Friday from different St. Louis groups.

ST. LOUIS—At the campus of Webster University, a private college in St. Louis, students are fed up with the unilateral changes administrators have been forcing on them recently, and they’ve responding by organizing a new student union. People’s World visited the school on Tuesday, Nov.

ST. LOUIS—At the campus of Webster University, a private college in St. Louis, students are fed up with the unilateral changes administrators have been forcing on them recently, and they’ve responding by organizing a new student union. People’s World visited the school on Tuesday, Nov.