Missouri Commissioner of Higher Education Zora Mulligan is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where she talked with 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Sarah Kellogg, Kate Grumke and Jason Rosenbaum about some of the challenges for the state鈥檚 colleges and universities.
Mulligan has served in her post since 2016. Before that, she was chief of staff for the University of Missouri System 鈥� . The West Plains native was recently announced as
Here鈥檚 what Mulligan discussed on the show:
- Some of the biggest challenges in higher education right now, including persuading prospective students to come to the state鈥檚 colleges and universities.
- The state鈥檚 role is in higher education 鈥� including explaining how the Coordinated Board of Higher Education often makes key decisions for public institutions.
- How students, faculty and staff responded to the proliferation of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Mulligan said that technology like Zoom made advising appointments more convenient, she鈥檚 received feedback that people at higher education institutions prefer in-person learning.
- How Missouri plans to spend a good chunk of federal funds from what鈥檚 known as the American Rescue Plan on capital improvement projects at colleges and universities 鈥� and whether there鈥檚 opportunities to spend the funds on things other than buildings.
- , what the state鈥檚 role is in making sure services are available to students who are struggling on campus.
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