“The portal is really about leveling the playing field for all Montanans to access our Montana University System,” says Communications Director Karen Ogden.
In April, the Montana legislature appropriated two million dollars to help the Montana University system downsize and bring the number of professors in line with enrollment.
Montana State University has set a spring enrollment record for the seventh straight year, while the University of Montana reports an enrollment drop of 4.7 percent.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University Billings is eliminating its theater program, its tennis teams and cutting 40 staff positions to address a projected $4.4 million budget shortfall due to decreased enrollment.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina law enforcement officials say two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide on the state's flagship university campus.
After a days-worth of negotiations between the Montana Political Practices Commissioner and legal council for the universities of Dartmouth and Stanford, a letter has been drafted and will be sent to 100,000 Montanans.
It's back to school time for most university students Monday, August 26, but instead of pencils and paper, many prospective Montana students are still lugging around firefighting equipment. Luckily, the Montana University System is working to help alleviate the stress those students might have in trying to make it to class before the bell rings.