Post by Logan on Apr 12, 2016 4:48:00 GMT -6
Lawmaker supports cuts to University of Missouri as price of ignoring past racial concerns
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House should hold firm on cuts to the University of Missouri because the school has not done enough to close racial divides and promote inclusion, the Democratic chairman of the House Select Committee on Urban Issues said Monday.
Rep. Courtney Curtis, D-Ferguson, and Rep. Justin Alferman, R-Hermann, spent about 90 minutes questioning interim President Mike Middleton, Board of Curators Chair Pam Henrickson and Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Chuck Henson. Curtis, a graduate of the university, has sponsored legislation creating a joint legislative committee to oversee the university.
Last week, the Missouri Senate voted to pare the House-approved cuts to the university budget. The Senate approved a $1 million cut to administration and made the university eligible for up to $26.8 million from a pool for all public higher education. In the House, lawmakers voted to cut $7.6 million from UM System administration, $1 million from the Columbia campus allocation and to freeze the university out of a share of increased funding.
“Ultimately the university has a billion dollars or more in reserves, so this doesn’t hurt them,” Curtis said. “But rescinding the cuts sends the message that we are not as concerned about the lack of inclusion and the lack of responsiveness to the issues of diversity that the university has shown and that we are willing to accept that from our perceived flagship institution in the state.”
Read more: www.columbiatribune.com/news/education/turmoil_at_mu/lawmaker-supports-cuts-to-university-of-missouri-as-price-of/article_38682c71-aa94-5efa-8be1-8d2c3232e635.html
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House should hold firm on cuts to the University of Missouri because the school has not done enough to close racial divides and promote inclusion, the Democratic chairman of the House Select Committee on Urban Issues said Monday.
Rep. Courtney Curtis, D-Ferguson, and Rep. Justin Alferman, R-Hermann, spent about 90 minutes questioning interim President Mike Middleton, Board of Curators Chair Pam Henrickson and Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Chuck Henson. Curtis, a graduate of the university, has sponsored legislation creating a joint legislative committee to oversee the university.
Last week, the Missouri Senate voted to pare the House-approved cuts to the university budget. The Senate approved a $1 million cut to administration and made the university eligible for up to $26.8 million from a pool for all public higher education. In the House, lawmakers voted to cut $7.6 million from UM System administration, $1 million from the Columbia campus allocation and to freeze the university out of a share of increased funding.
“Ultimately the university has a billion dollars or more in reserves, so this doesn’t hurt them,” Curtis said. “But rescinding the cuts sends the message that we are not as concerned about the lack of inclusion and the lack of responsiveness to the issues of diversity that the university has shown and that we are willing to accept that from our perceived flagship institution in the state.”
Read more: www.columbiatribune.com/news/education/turmoil_at_mu/lawmaker-supports-cuts-to-university-of-missouri-as-price-of/article_38682c71-aa94-5efa-8be1-8d2c3232e635.html