Forsee: Higher ed cuts require 'paradigm shift'
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 11:53 a.m. CST
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The Associated Press
COLUMBIA — University of Missouri President Gary Forsee says the gloomy economy and continued lack of adequate state support will force the four-campus system to consider some drastically different approaches.
The possibilities include 3-year, "no-frills" degrees and partnerships with local governments and developers on long-delayed building projects. Forsee spoke Wednesday at a town hall budget meeting for students, professors and campus workers in Columbia.
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Gov. Jay Nixon has said that statewide higher education spending must be cut by $42 million in the coming fiscal year.
He also has struck a deal with Forsee and other higher education leaders that calls for tuition and academic fees at Missouri's public four-year schools to remain frozen at current rates for the second consecutive year.
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