Organization

University of Missouri

The University of Missouri is a public land-grant research university that serves as the flagship campus of the University of Missouri System in Columbia, Missouri. It is best known for the Missouri School of Journalism, the world’s first journalism school, and for broad research strengths across life sciences, engineering, agriculture, and public affairs. It remains relevant in current news as a central example in discussions about public university funding, access, accountability, and higher-education policy in Missouri.