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The new cost equates to $321.30 per credit hour. The University of Missouri System Board of Curators voted 8-1 to approve the tuition increase, with curator David Steelman voting "no." The tuition proposal was introduced last month. Undergraduate students this year paid $306 per credit hour, which is $9,180 for the academic year. The increase is $459 total for the academic year. Ryan Rapp, system vice president of finance and chief financial officer, presented the proposal, saying its goal is increasing student success and academic excellence. "As we move forward, this proposal is really a f...

All MU students will pay 5% more in tuition starting this fall. The UM System Board of Curators approved the increase Wednesday 8-1. David Steelman voted no, expressing concern about the across-the-board increase at MU. “At this particular time, with state support and increased federal money, maybe we should slow down on these maximum increases,” the Rolla curator said. MU students will pay $15.30 more per credit hour. That will be on top of different amounts they pay now based on whether they are resident or out-of-state or undergraduate or graduate students. Tuition for the three other ...

The University of Missouri's diversity director on Thursday apologized to the Faculty Council for communication "missteps" in a plan to restructure social justice centers on campus. "I certainly take ownership over the way this rollout happened and particularly for our failures in communication," said Maurice Gipson, vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity. The restructuring plan has been halted in order to gather feedback from stakeholders, he said. July 1 is no longer a target date for implementing the plan. "We've put this on pause right now, just to listen," Gipson said. Camp...

In-state undergraduate students will see a tuition increase between 2-5%, depending on which university they attend. The University of Missouri-Columbia will have the greatest increase at 5%, while University of Missouri-St. Louis will see the lowest at around 2%. This range of tuition increases is based on the individual university budgetary needs to increase course and faculty capacity. Darryl Chatman, Board of Curators chair, recognizes the need for the increase.  "I think we need to have that in place to increase revenue and to provide more resources for our students," he said. "We talke...

By Madison Stephens & William Skipworth & Columbia Missourian • 6 hours ago Credit Sara Shahriari / KBIA A plan to increase tuition above the rate of inflation at MU and throughout the UM System was proposed Thursday to the system’s governing board. The University of Missouri System Board of Curators is likely to take up the proposed increase next month at a specially called meeting. It was unclear whether the board would vote on the increase then or at a future meeting. At their daylong meeting, curators discussed the plan, presented by the system’s top finance officer,...