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With $1 million at stake, U. of Missouri’s president now taking protests seriously
Wolfe repeated. “Systematic oppression is when you don’t believe that you have the equal opportunity for success ….”
He didn’t get any further. Stung by the suggestion that racial oppression was more imagined than real, the crowd erupted in anger and disbelief.
“Did you just blame black students?” (for systematic oppression)
When he was appointed MU system president on Feb. 15, 2012, curators hailed him as a hometown hero who could run the university like a tech company.
But when he was asked how his business background would help him as the head of a university system, Wolfe seemed vague, if not downright stumped.
It quickly became clear that Wolfe was being brought in to cut costs in a state where legislators were eager to slash taxes, depriving the university of revenue.
One of Wolfe’s first acts was to approve a 3 percent tuition hike, drawing the ire of parents and students.
Wolfe stirred anger again by shutting down the university’s highly regarded publishing house in order to save $400,000 a year.
Wolfe was, at the same time, pushing for a $72 million expansion of the university’s football stadium.
Last year, the board of curators voted to extend Wolfe’s contract, praising him for his business-minded approach.
Just a few days before the start of the semester, the universityannounced it was eliminating subsidies that graduate students use to pay for health insurance.
African American students repeatedly being called the N-word to a swastika being smeared in feces on a dorm room wall.
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Run the University like a tech company? In a RED state that is defunding education?
It's not just Missouri:
Scott Walker cut school funding more than any governor, Greater Wisconsin Committee claims
Republicans goal is "stupid". Dumb down the country. Worse, they want to run the entire country like a business. So, what happens when you get "fired"????
Wolfe repeated. “Systematic oppression is when you don’t believe that you have the equal opportunity for success ….”
He didn’t get any further. Stung by the suggestion that racial oppression was more imagined than real, the crowd erupted in anger and disbelief.
“Did you just blame black students?” (for systematic oppression)
When he was appointed MU system president on Feb. 15, 2012, curators hailed him as a hometown hero who could run the university like a tech company.
But when he was asked how his business background would help him as the head of a university system, Wolfe seemed vague, if not downright stumped.
It quickly became clear that Wolfe was being brought in to cut costs in a state where legislators were eager to slash taxes, depriving the university of revenue.
One of Wolfe’s first acts was to approve a 3 percent tuition hike, drawing the ire of parents and students.
Wolfe stirred anger again by shutting down the university’s highly regarded publishing house in order to save $400,000 a year.
Wolfe was, at the same time, pushing for a $72 million expansion of the university’s football stadium.
Last year, the board of curators voted to extend Wolfe’s contract, praising him for his business-minded approach.
Just a few days before the start of the semester, the universityannounced it was eliminating subsidies that graduate students use to pay for health insurance.
African American students repeatedly being called the N-word to a swastika being smeared in feces on a dorm room wall.
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Run the University like a tech company? In a RED state that is defunding education?
It's not just Missouri:
Scott Walker cut school funding more than any governor, Greater Wisconsin Committee claims

Republicans goal is "stupid". Dumb down the country. Worse, they want to run the entire country like a business. So, what happens when you get "fired"????