![]() ![]() It is only once considering all of these complex aspects that one begins to have a more complete picture of the various factors all playing a role in today’s enrollment numbers. Moreover, there is a major factor to consider in increased SEC recruitment in traditionally Mizzou-dominated out of state markets such as Illinois.Īdding to all of this, the Missouri General Assembly voted in one of the largest non-recession budget cuts to higher education in state history, resulting in over 400 lost staff and faculty positions and a substantial negative impact on our ability to recruit and hire. I will not deny that the events of 2015 have played a sizeable role in the decreased enrollment that our university faces today, but we cannot acknowledge this fact without also acknowledging facts such as decreased population sizes among the age group currently going into college. ![]() The reality of Mizzou’s current state of affairs is far more complex than Hartocollis’ story would suggest. In her portrayal, the protests have caused an entirely negative impact on our university, and are the sole driver of down enrollment. It is reasonable to assume that the exclusion of these interviews - and who knows how many others - seems to have been driven by the fact that they did not fit into the more simplistic, yet flawed picture that she wished to paint. Despite having spoken both with myself and the president of the Mizzou student lobbying group, the Associated Students of the University of Missouri, Hartocollis included nothing from either interview in her final story. This week The New York Times published a story by reporter Anemona Hartocollis that painted an unreasonably and inaccurately bleak image of our proud university. ![]()
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