"COLUMBIA, Mo. — Add the University of Missouri to the growing number of schools considering three-year undergraduate degrees to reduce college costs.
University of Missouri President Gary Forsee told anxious employees Wednesday that the gloomy economy and continued lack of adequate state support will force the four-campus system to consider the option of a 'no-frills degree.'
He cautioned that the idea of a truncated undergraduate degree program is merely for discussion's sake — at least for now. There is no specific proposal on the table.
'People just can't afford to waste time and money anymore,' Forsee told about 100 people on the Columbia campus at the final in a series of town hall budget meetings for students, professors and campus workers. 'There's a national appetite to get through faster ... and finish cheaper.'"