Responding to college-cost audit, Nixon touts affordability
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September 4, 2016
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP, posted Sept. 5, 2016) — Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon is doubling down on his stance that Missouri is a "national leader in college affordability" in response to a recent state audit that found in-state and out-of-state students are bearing more of the costs at public universities and colleges.
Since fiscal year 2009, state funding per full-time student dropped 19 percent, according to a report released last week by Auditor Nicole Galloway. Lawmakers kept schools from raising tuition more than the consumer price index starting in the 2008 school year, the report said, so o...
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