HB 767 -- State Institutions of Higher Education Sponsor: Schaaf This bill renames Missouri Western State College as a university and gives the institution a statewide mission in applied learning and a board of governors with seven voting members instead of its current six-member board. Unless the Coordinating Board for Higher Education approves the continuation of associate degree programs by July 1, 2007, Missouri Western will discontinue those programs beginning July 1, 2011.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives