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Tag: President Mun Choi
News Roundup
Textbook Costs To Drop Under University of Missouri Plan
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Students on the four University of Missouri campuses will soon be paying less for textbooks. University system President Mun Choi wants to use more open-source learning material written by experts, vetted by their peers and posted for free downloading. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Choi said Wednesday that the goal is […]
March 26, 2018
Leadership & Policy
University of Missouri Cancels Search for Staff Lobbyist
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri System says it is no longer looking for a staff lobbyist to replace employees who were laid off three months ago. President Mun Choi said in a news release Tuesday that rather than hiring a lobbyist, he will work with campus chancellors and contract lobbyists to promote the […]
October 10, 2017
News Roundup
University of Missouri Revokes Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has voted unanimously to revoke an honorary degree it granted to Bill Cosby. University system President Mun Choi recommended that the board strip the comedian of a doctorate in humane letters he received in 1999. Choi cited allegations from several women that Cosby sexually assaulted […]
June 25, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Auditor: $2M in Hidden Bonuses at University of Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The University of Missouri System has doled out more than $2 million in hidden bonuses to administrators over the last three years and paid former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin thousands of dollars in the months after his resignation with no work responsibility, according to an audit released Monday by state Auditor […]
March 7, 2017
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