JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Education officials say new statewide requirements for similar basic classes at Missouri public colleges and universities will help ensure transfer students get credit. A law set to take effect Aug. 28 calls for public colleges and universities to adopt 42 hours of general education credits that can be transferred. Leaders at…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Education officials say Missouri schools experience widespread chronic absenteeism with more than 40,000 students in the St. Louis region and nine area counties who have missed 15 or more days of school during the 2013-14 school year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/28T8qVa ) reports that attendance data was released this month…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Missouri school superintendent who sharply increased the number of low-income and minority students in Advanced Placement classes is trying to do the same in three St. Louis-area schools. Chris Belcher was troubled by the low number of low-income and minority students in AP classes in Columbia’s high schools, so…
St. Joseph, MO (AP) Efforts are underway to reopen the old Tarkio College in northwest Missouri as a two-year intuition. The institution ended its run as a four-year college in 1992, but alumni and volunteers from the surrounding community have banded together to breathe new life into the campus. Their proposal has been submitted to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri students in private schools would be eligible for the state’s A+ Scholarship under a bill advancing in the Legislature. House members added the provision to legislation passed Monday that’s aimed at ensuring students who study abroad also are eligible for the scholarship. The scholarship now goes to students at participating…
Springfield, IL (AP) – Illinois lawmakers have approved a $600 million short-term funding infusion for higher education institutions that have been struggling financially due to not receiving state money during the state budget impasse. The Senate unanimously approved the deal Friday after House members voted for it 106-2. Governor Bruce Rauner is expected to sign the…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Votes would be asked to change the Illinois Constitution to declare that the state should be responsible for the majority of public school funding under a measure that advanced in the state House. Republicans on a House education panel that approved the proposal Monday were skeptical of the idea and say…
Normandy, MO (KTRS) Public input is being considered in the search for the next system president at the University of Missouri. A series of public forums are being held this week at each of university’s four campuses. About 100 people attended the forum on the campus of UMSL Monday afternoon. Yolanda Weathersby, Director of Student Support…
