University of Missouri curators consider budget cuts - Tim Barker, STL Today

The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday began grappling with last week's unexpected cut in state higher education spending. The move by Gov. Jay Nixon to restore a 7 percent cut, instead of the 5.5 percent cut planned by lawmakers, from the state's colleges and universities hit every state school. But Nixon specifically targeted MU with an 8.1 percent cut in response to the system's decision to raise tuition higher than his requested 5 percent. Curators voted earlier in the year on a 5.5 percent hike.