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Published November 21, 2009 10:23 pm - In-state students at both Crowder College and Missouri Southern State University would not see a tuition increase next year under plans advanced by Gov. Jay Nixon. Under the agreement with Nixon that was announced Friday, Missouri’s community colleges would not impose a tuition increase on in-state students for the 2010-2011 school year. In exchange, their funding would only be reduced by 5.2 percent. Tuition agreement with community colleges must pass Legislature By Derek Spellman
dspellman@joplinglobe.com In-state students at both Crowder College and Missouri Southern State University would not see a tuition increase next year under plans advanced by Gov. Jay Nixon. Under the agreement with Nixon that was announced Friday, Missouri’s community colleges would not impose a tuition increase on in-state students for the 2010-2011 school year. In exchange, their funding would only be reduced by 5.2 percent. Nixon had announced a similar agreement with the state’s four-year institutions, like Missouri Southern, on Tuesday. Efforts to obtain comment from Crowder officials —- including what a 5 percent reduction in state funding would mean for Crowder —- were unsuccessful Friday. Efforts to obtain comment from Andrew Wood, the president of the board of trustees, also were unsuccessful. The plan still must be approved by the General Assembly and the respective governing boards of each community college. “To turn this economy around, Missourians must be trained, educated and ready to work, and that’s why it was vital that we kept tuition flat for Missouri families,” Nixon said in a statement. “As tuition skyrockets by double digits in other states, university leaders, faculty members and my administration have worked together to put Missouri students first and protect them from tuition spikes for the second year in a row.” For Missouri Southern, a 5.2 percent decrease in state funding would translate into $1.2 million. Southern’s board of governors on Friday officially — and unanimously —- voted to support Nixon’s plan. Bruce Speck, university president, told the board: “I think this, quite frankly, is a pretty good deal.” 
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