Education Committee hears bill that would allow governing boards to offer degree programs
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Education Committee hears bill that would allow governing boards to offer degree programs

Date: March 9, 2016
By: Stephanie Sandoval
State Capitol Bureau
Links: SB 1088

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The Senate Education Committee heard a bill that would allow governing boards to offer new degree programs.
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Wrap: The bill, sponsored by Senator Eric Schmitt, would allow other universities to offer degree programs without the approval of the UM System. Provost Deborah Curtis of the University of Central Missouri was in support of the bill. Curtis said they can't be effective without being able to move forward on their own.

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Description: In these times in higher ed it's a challenge to us to remain vital, active and moving forward and to be able to have that lack of clarity really limits our ability to be effective.

Elizabeth Loboa, the dean of the college of engineering at MU, fears the bill would spread the states resources too thin.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Stephanie Sandoval.

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A bill that would give other universities the ability to create graduate degree programs like the University of Missouri was heard by the Education Committee. 
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Wrap: The bill, sponsored by Senator Eric Schmitt, would allow other institutions the ability to create new degree programs without the help of the UM System. Elizabeth Loboa, dean of the college of engineering at MU, was in opposition of the bill.

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Description: Other universities trying to now establish engineering programs or duplicate what we have at Mizzou it's going to take these great resources and significantly diminish the excellence.

In support was Provost Deborah Curtis of the University of Central Missouri. She said they are losing faculty to other institutions that provide better doctoral work. 

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Stephanie Sandoval.