Missouri State cuts tuition for the unemployed - Associated Press

Missouri State University will offer state residents who have lost their jobs a 50 percent reduction in tuition. The university also announced that it does not intend raise tuition for traditional students, but the university's Board of Governors on Friday approved a 4.7 percent increase in room and board fees for residential halls and university apartments at the Springfield campus. Missouri State President Mike Nietzel said the program for unemployed workers, called RENEW -- Renewed Employability Now Education Waiver -- would help people improve their credentials and could contribute an economic recovery.