Carrottop likes it not.
Posted on 03/28/2016 4:34:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
So, after the whole mess surrounding the poop swastika; instances of harassment that were allegedly racially-motivated, though unverifiable since they occurred off campus; and a professor who was charged with assaulting a student reporter at protests over said events has a caused a budget shortfall at the University of Missouri. I know, totally shocking, right? (via Daily Caller):
The University of Missouri (MU) is losing about 1500 students and is facing a huge $32 million budget shortfall four months after it attracted national attention as the site of massive race-based campus protests.
“I am writing to you today to confirm that we project a very significant budget shortfall due to an unexpected sharp decline in first-year enrollments and student retention this coming fall. I wish I had better news,” said MU interim chancellor Hank Foley in a Wednesday letter to school staff [March 9] that was obtained by Fox Sports.
According to Foley’s letter, MU will have about 1500 fewer students in fall 2016 compared to last year, an unexpected drop that is in turn causing a big dip in the school’s tuition income.
Because of the abrupt and unexpected nature of the shortfall, Foley is taking immediate and severe steps to fix the situation: The school budget is being cut 5 percent across the board, all hiring is being frozen (barring exceptional circumstances), and annual raises have been canceled. He has also announced a new, more intensive effort to recruit potential Mizzou students by phone, email, and even via Skype.
Even with all these measures, Foley anticipates MU having a deficit of about $10 million, which he said would be made up using the school’s reserve funds.
The professor who was charged with assault, Melissa Click, escaped further legal proceedings when she agreed to a year’s probation and community service. She has since penned piece a piece in The Washington Post about her conduct during the protests, where she wrote “If you have had any exposure to American media in the last four months, you know the quick decision I made to stand with the students, you’ve seen my inexperience with public protests.” As National Review’s Kat Timpf noted saying that you don’t know how journalism works in a public space, specifically a protest, then that alone should be grounds for dismissal. Click was fired in February. She views herself as the “scapegoat,” being used “to distract from larger campus issues.”
As you can see, political correctness, besides being mind-numbingly stupid and authoritarianism masked under the guise of diversity, is also incredibly expensive. Has Mizzou learned from this public relations disaster? Nope. They’re requiring “diversity intensive” courses as a prerequisite for graduation.
Editor’s Note: This is a crosspost from Townhall.com.
Will enrolment continue to drop next year??
Carrottop likes it not.
Best news yet. The educators got educated.
One of the agitators met with Obama at the White House years before. The one who lied, claiming the KKK “had definitely been seen on campus”.
Odd, that. Lying just to stir up trouble.
I’m sure it was just coincidence that they met.
She needs some muscle over there.
Guess she’s her own little mafia.
Sleep with dogs and expect fleas. Could not happen to a better bunch. Unfortunately the taxpayers will pay not the dolts responsible.
“The educators got educated.”
One would hope, but I’m sure they’ll find some way of blaming it all on right wing racists. The left will NEVER accept responsibility for the outcome of their actions.
Anyone that sends their kid to a hot spot of racial violence is a fool.
I hope the backlash continues against all the PC Nazis running universities, colleges, and even grade, middle and high schools across the country.
Perhaps, if Trump gets the nomination and wins, the backlash will continue. However, if he loses, the PC Nazis will feel more emboldened than ever, and go all out to crush everyone under their heel.
i hope it does, but even if it doesn't, there's still going to be a 1500head hole in their budget for four years
OK, but it would be quicker to drop football. :)
The University of Missouri should turn to the Communists whose ideals and dogma has guided the philosophy and approach to higher education for relief. Certainly, the Communists can pull their irons out of the fire. The rational decisions of the citizens of Missouri to decline to send their dearest children to this cesspool of corrupt thought should not be allowed to stand in the way of their agenda. Diversity and Multiculturalism must be supported by the productive segments of this society, without them they will collapse of the weight of their own irrational dogma.
Good. Let them reap what the have sown and serve as an example.
No sympathies.
Good. Proves that liberalism doesn’t work.
Mizzou isn’t a hotspot of racial violence.
Does Melissa Click’s community service include being part of the protesters at Trump’s rally in St. Louis? My nephew who goes to UM saw her there screaming her head off.
It is unfortunate this University, with an enrollment of 35000, has only seen 1500 students leave as a result of the idiocy. If parents writing checks for tuition were doing living up to their responsibility to their children, the University should see 15,000 students leaving.
US colleges and universities will not reform themselves since once Marxists gain control of the money they will not release the levers of power voluntarily. Reform in higher education requires the flow of easy money to be cut off and market forces to work.
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