SS#2 SCS SB 55 -- STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

This bill renames Missouri Southern State College as Missouri
Southern State University-Joplin.  The renaming is to be
accomplished without use of state funds.  The bill also
designates Missouri Southern as a statewide institution of
international or global education and adds Missouri Southern to
those institutions which are charged with a statewide mission and
governed by a board of governors, rather than a board of regents.
Missouri Southern will discontinue, as of July 1, 2008, any
associate degree programs unless the continuation of those
programs is approved by the Coordinating Board for Higher
Education.  Approval of additional master's degree programs at
Missouri Southern or any other public higher education
institution must follow established new degree approval
procedures.

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education may promote
development of cooperative agreements between higher education
institutions to offer graduate degree programs on campuses which
do not otherwise offer graduate degrees.  Diplomas would include
the names of both institutions.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:13 am