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Volume 34, Number 2, February 2007

University of Missouri briefs

Board approves student activity fees, residence hall rates for
next academic year

At its Jan. 26 meeting in St. Louis, the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved student activity, facility and health service fees and room and board charges for fiscal year 2008. The rates are effective beginning in summer 2007.

Increases in student activity, facility and health service fees for undergraduate students vary by campus, with per semester fee adjustments ranging from $6.60 or 1.8 percent at UM-Rolla to $22.33 or 7.1 percent at UM-Columbia.

Room and board charges vary across the four campuses and within each campus based on the resident facility and meal plan selected. Based on the predominant room and board plan on each campus, rates will increase by 4.4 percent at UM-Columbia, 3.4 percent at UM-Kansas City, 7.6 percent at UM-Rolla, and 3.0 percent at UM-St. Louis.

Curators will approve tuition rates for the 2007-2008 academic year at an upcoming board meeting.

Board approves proposal for media studies degree at UM-St. Louis

The board approved a proposal for a bachelor of science degree in media studies at UM-St. Louis.

The proposal replaces the existing mass communication emphasis area within the bachelor of arts in communication degree program with a bachelor of science degree in media studies.

The new degree would encompass a range of study in areas such as mass media production and design, mass communication history and media regulation.

The proposed degree now goes to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education for approval.

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