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University of Missouri Faculty Vote Down Diversity Requirement

A proposal to require future University of Missouri students to take at least one diversity-intensive course during their college careers narrowly failed in a faculty election last week. A total of 232 faculty members voted against the requirement, while 210 voted for it. MU's Faculty Council has been discussing a diversity requirement for years as part of a review of general education requirements, and the council gave the plan its stamp of approval in March. Under the proposal, students would not have had to take three additional credit hours; rather, they could have used existing courses to double as diversity-intensive classes. The defeat of this proposal is being blamed on miscommunication. Click here to read more.
 
 



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