Saul Good |
02-03-2012 06:13 PM |
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Originally Posted by Wickedson
(Post 8346593)
Right, like the University of California System...
:rolleyes:
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The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, University of Missouri–Columbia or simply Missouri) is a public research university located in the state of Missouri. In 1839 the university was founded in Columbia, Missouri, as the first public institution of higher education west of the Mississippi River. The largest university in Missouri, MU enrolls 33,762 students [3] in 20 academic colleges. ****The university is the flagship of the University of Missouri System which maintains campuses in Rolla, Kansas City and St. Louis.**** MU is one of 34 public universities to be members of the Association of American Universities and the only one in Missouri. There are more than 262,000 MU alumni living worldwide, with almost half continuing to reside in Missouri.[2] The University of Missouri was ranked 90th in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report among the national universities, up four spots from 2011. It is the highest-ranked public school in the state and second overall (tied with Saint Louis University).[6]
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