Missouri higher education officials feel pressure to overhaul funding formula

By: Annelise Hanshaw

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 787

Last Updated: 18 hours, 39 minutes ago

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The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development has until Dec. 1 to craft a new formula for distributing state aid among public colleges and universities — or risk lawmakers creating their own plan that “institutions quite likely will not like,” the state’s higher education commissioner said Wednesday.

Bennett Boggs, speaking during a meeting of the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, urged college presidents to work with the department in “good faith” as it …

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