After racial protests the University of Missouri is seeing a decrease in student applications

[DigitalDrifter]

Well deserved !!

The University of Missouri is starting to see the effects of the racial protests that engulfed the school last fall

The University of Missouri is seeing a decrease in student applications from a year ago, the Columbia Missourian reported.



Through December, applications at Mizzou decreased nearly 5% from the previous year, and 19% for graduate applications.

Administrators have cited the racial protests that engulfed the school in the fall as a partial reason for the declines.

"While we don't have any clear data, we know that the events this past fall have had an impact, and we are answering any questions that parents and students have about those events," Director of Admissions Chuck May wrote in an email, according to the Missourian.

Racial tension on the Columbia, Missouri, campus erupted in September and quickly accelerated after multiple incidents of hate speech targeted at minority students.

Frustrated by what they said was a lack of response to the racism by administrators, students staged a protest during Missouri's homecoming parade in October.

Members of a protest group called Concerned Student 1950 interrupted the parade and stood in front of a red convertible driving university President Tim Wolfe. The stopped car moved back and forth, revving its engine and eventually bumping into a student, according to the students. Wolfe later issued an apology.

Later in October, a swastika drawn in human excrement was discovered on a bathroom wall at the university's Gateway Hall.

Tensions began to boil over. Graduate student Jonathan Butler announced that he would go on a hunger strike until Wolfe stepped down, and African-American football players at Missouri pledged not to participate in football activities until Wolfe was removed from office.

Their efforts eventually forced the resignations of Wolfe and university Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin.

In an effort to minimize the impact of the declines, faculty members are reportedly placing personal phone calls to accepted students to encourage them to attend.

The University of Missouri is starting to see the effects of the racial protests that engulfed the school last fall

 

[TheOldSchool]

More likely kids are realizing what a terrible mistake it is to move to fucking Missouri

 

[bucs90]

Hey....the agitators should keep it up. Eventually their campus will be blacks only, just how they want it.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

More likely kids are realizing what a terrible mistake it is to move to fucking Missouri

Missouri is living proof why I support Abortion...

 

[DigitalDrifter]

More likely kids are realizing what a terrible mistake it is to move to fucking Missouri

And that suddenly caused a decrease ?
I think it's a much more recent issue, like these protests.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

More likely kids are realizing what a terrible mistake it is to move to fucking Missouri

Smart lion, evidently Missouri has far too many feral animals rioting, looting, whining, etc

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Hey....the agitators should keep it up. Eventually their campus will be blacks only, just how they want it.

Agreed.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

More likely kids are realizing what a terrible mistake it is to move to fucking Missouri

And that suddenly caused a decrease ?
I think it's a much more recent issue, like these protests.

Nigg3rs out of control.

Nothing more needs to be said. No one wants to subject themselves to their nonsense

 

[ClosedCaption]

In before someone calls not being a racist cvnt being part of the PC police

 

[ClosedCaption]

Hey....the agitators should keep it up. Eventually their campus will be blacks only, just how they want it.

Either that Or they can, ya know...stop being racist first.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Mizzou Blames Enrollment Decline on Racial Unrest

Posted by Aleister Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 5:00pm

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This is what denial looks like. The University of Missouri has a bigger problem on its hands than anyone there is willing to admit.
Campus Reform reports.

Mizzou attributes decline in applications to racial unrest

Applications for enrollment are noticeably down for the upcoming school year, and administrators blame the recent campus protests for scaring away prospects.
“While we don’t have any clear data, we know that the events this past fall have had an impact, and we are answering any questions that parents and students have about those events,” Director of Admissions Chuck May told the Columbia Missourian.
Citing initial reports published Monday by the school’s Office of Enrollment, the article reports that the school has received 18,377 applications so far for the fall semester, down 4.87 percent compared to the same time last year and representing a decrease of nearly 1,000 submissions.
The drop was even sharper with respect to graduate student applications, which fell 19 percent compared to last year.
The decreases do not seem to be limited to a specific ethnic group, however, with African-American applications dropping by three percent, a figure more-or-less in line with the overall decrease.
May cautioned that the decrease is likely not due solely to trepidation over campus unrest, though, saying the school was already expecting a drop in applications due to demographic factors and increased competition.​

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“It is very early in the year to make predictions on application numbers,” May said. “We’ve anticipated a decline in numbers due to decreases in the number of high school graduates throughout the Midwest and increased competition, especially in the Chicago market.”

Mizzou Blames Enrollment Decline on Racial Unrest