The 2007 sale of MOHELA (the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority) was supposed to finance 31 capital improvement projects at colleges and universities around the state.
But there’s only about $120 million in MOHELA’s bank account, and Gov. Jay Nixon recently suspended funds for those projects (including MU’s Ellis Fischel Cancer Center).
Now, Democratic Sen. Victor Callahan [...]
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Senator wants MOHELA money used to reduce tuition
Posted in MOHELA, State funding, tagged budget cuts, capital improvement projects, Columbia Missourian, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Emily Younker, Jay Nixon, Linda Luebbering, Missouri General Assembly, MOHELA, MU, Sen. Victor Callahan, tuition reduction fund, University of Missouri System on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MOHELA suspends MARIO
Posted in MOHELA on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
MARIO has gone down the tubes, much like its video game counterpart.
MOHELA has decided to suspend its Missouri Advantage Repayment Incentive Option program that encouraged college students to major and pursue careers in the life sciences, with the hope that it would attract life-science related companies to the state. The program, which started in October 2004, [...]
MOHELA payments begin
Posted in MOHELA on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Six Missouri four-year colleges and universities, two community colleges and a state agency will receive almost $40 million from the first distribution of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority’s sale of assets. The agency provides low-interest loans to students.
The sale will create $335 million for building construction and other projects. The money is [...]
