Definitely.

Worried about the future of Mizzou? No. The University is the oldest in the Louisiana Purchase territory, it's been around since 1839. It'll be fine. Mizzou has built several new residence halls in the past 10 years, and begun phasing out some older ones. I don't know which ones were closed for this year, but I'd guess older ones. Enrollment had been on an uptick for years, and having a few years where it slacks off a little might not be a bad thing. There are still about 35,000 students there.

Does all this crap hurt the reputation? Yes. Piss me off? Yes. But it will pass. Now that the protestors little group has fallen apart, the real change makers, likely a coalition of students from all cultures, will address any true issues that need to be addressed. Away from the cameras and headlines.

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Posted by NEMizzou

Columbia MO

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 8/23/16 at 10:41 am to semotruman

Enrollment numbers were a perfect storm. The protests certainly hurt, and I'm sure there are lots of students who didn't enroll because of this, but border states are, all of a sudden, doing a lot better job keeping their kids within their borders. Illinois (specifically University of) had crazy high tuition rates and very strict admission standards, even for in-state residents, and so it was cheaper for someone from Chicago to go to Mizzou and pay out of state tuition than it was to go to UofI. Illinois, and Arkansas to a lesser extent, have done a great job recently siphoning off students who would have gone to Mizzou in years past (for reasons that have nothing to do with the protests).

Mizzou always expected the student boom to slow down eventually, but obviously not to the extent that happened this year. I think MU will be fine, but it's going to take several years of growth to get back to where we were this time last year.

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