MU PREZ FORSEE: To hold "Town Hall" meetings

COLUMBIA, 11/9/09 (Beat Bytes) --  University of Missouri president Gary Forsee will hold Town Hall meetings this month and next, he announced in a November 6 email entitled Budget challenges ahead.

"I will be conducting Town Hall meetings on each of our four campuses and the system office over the next 30 days," Forsee wrote.   "I want to be sure we have ample opportunity to engage in a discussion about balancing how we plan to deal with ongoing financial challenges with the important actions we need to focus on to ensure our continued strength for the next decade!"

Forsee also discussed the issue of "flat tuition" criticized in the article above.   "Last week, Gov. Nixon announced significant cuts in this year’s state government budget," Forsee wrote.  "While the university’s core budget has been protected from cuts because we agreed to hold tuition flat, nearly $5 million in cuts to programs outside of the university’s core budget...reflect the state’s budget challenges ahead." 

Forsee said he wants to examine "several new initiatives" and "some historic paradigms...about the value and cost of higher education." 

 

He also included links to recent comments to the Board of Curators: 

 

http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/president/Documents/091023_bocremarks.pdf 

http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/president/Documents/091023_bocslides.pdf.
http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/president/Documents/091028_updatetocolleagues.pdf