University of Missouri System

This week’s podcast features the board of curators press conference from the Oct. 22-23 meeting.

The University of Missouri System is embarking on an innovative new way of keeping constituents informed of news from the next board of curators meeting using the popular Web service Twitter. The next meeting’s open session, to be held Friday, Oct. 23, will be live “tweeted” with updates on board actions and discussions posted to [...]

The University of Missouri has requested about $528 million dollars for capital projects on the four campuses. A top priority for UM system is funding for the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative.  Jennifer Hollingshead spent time chatting with Nikki Krawitz, vice president of finance and administration for the University of Missouri System.
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Why do 7,000 students a year choose MU High School? Well, the convenience of enrolling year-round, the flexibility to choose classes that meet your schedule, and the ability to take classes not offered at your local high school are just a few reasons that MU High School is a useful alternative for many students. Jennifer [...]

The Institute for Urban Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is a four-year program designed to prepare students for teaching in urban schools.  This innovative program helps break the cycle of first-year teachers starting at urban schools only to leave a couple of years later. Jennifer Hollingshead talked with Ed Underwood, the institute’s executive [...]

Missouri’s economic growth, now more than ever, depends on having a well trained and prepared workforce. While colleges and universities are well adept at preparing students for professional careers, today’s job markets change and flow at a rapid rate.  If academic institutions are going to keep up with this pace, they will need working relationships [...]

According to the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Missouri has only earned a C+ in preparing students for college, and only gets a C for the number of Missourians enrolled in college by age 19. Knowing that personal and professional success can greatly depend on education and training past high school, the [...]

To meet the educational needs of Missouri students and citizens, the University of Missouri must have funds to operate.  But, how are those funds obtained and used?  Jennifer Hollingshead visited with Nikki Krawitz, vice president for finance and administration for the University of Missouri System, to discuss the university’s operating budget.

In an effort to keep private data secure, the university has begun work on the SSN Remediation Project, which will protect social security numbers that are used for university business. When the project is complete, social security numbers will be removed from all individual databases and stored in an encrypted, highly secure vault.
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During these tough economic times, you may question whether this is a good time for the University of Missouri System to issue $332 million in debt financing. However, with the university’s strong credit rating, historically low interest rates and a federal stimulus package, now is the best time to invest in facilities on all four [...]