Melody Freeman, Director of Business Administration (left) and Jade Harrell, Director of On-Demand & Content Partnerships (right)
St. Louis Public Radio is pleased to announce the promotions of Melody Freeman to Director of Business Administration, and of Jade Harrell to Director of On-Demand & Content Partnerships, who combined offer decades of valuable experience to their respective positions, and who will serve on the station’s senior leadership team.
Freeman began service to the University of Missouri-St. Louis in June 1998, and joined St. Louis Public Radio in March 2018 as the station’s financial accountant and analyst. Her depth of institutional knowledge and experience, collegial relationships across the University of Missouri System and the enthusiastic recommendation of her appointment from many of her coworkers made Freeman an excellent candidate for the position of Director, Business Administration. As Director, Freeman oversees all fiscal operations for the stati
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Harris-Stowe State University, like other public colleges in Missouri, is adapting to fewer students and less state funding. The pandemic has accelerated both challenges.
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating worrying trends across higher education that could reshape the scope of public colleges and universities in Missouri and Illinois.
Public colleges and universities were already making do with fewer students and less state aid before the pandemic. Both of those dropped faster than expected in 2020. Administrators at several of those schools are planning to reorganize as leaner institutions, accepting that the demographic and political realities of the future are not in their favor.