Dive Summary:
- Brady Deaton, chancellor of the University of Missouri, has announced his retirement effective Nov. 15.
- During Deaton's nine years on the job, the university moved to the Southeastern Conference, added 7,700 students and 21 buildings to its Columbia campus, and increased research grants, expenditures, in-state tuition and minority enrollment.
- Deaton will stay on as the university's chancellor emeritus and boost the school's role in international development.
From the article:
He mentioned having seen MU successfully through its first billion-dollar fundraising campaign and said he was leaving the university with completed plans to launch a second such campaign soon.
The university’s challenges, he said, include “finding a new financial base” to counter shrinking state funding.
