State board approves college budget recommendation, tying dollars to performance - Ashley Jost, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Money is tight at Missouri’s public colleges, and it could get tighter. The state’s Coordinating Board for Higher Education approved a plan Tuesday that will tie 10 percent of the state money all schools receive to their performance in educating students. The issue was unanimously approved alongside a recommendation to ask for the same state funding level Missouri’s colleges received in the current budget year after a 9 percent cut. Higher Education Commissioner Zora Mulligan called the situation “challenging” but said the accountability would show that schools are “good stewards” of state money at a time when the public perception of higher education isn’t always positive. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/state-board-approves-college-budget-recommendation-tying-dollars-to-performance/article_a3fe89c8-79d4-5cb7-add5-99b80e10a21e.html