New numbers have Mizzou leaders boasting the university is on the rebound

[TexasTowelie]

Is the University of Missouri making a comeback after the 2015 racially charged protests that erupted on the Columbia campus, tarnished its reputation and stunted enrollment growth?

University leaders sure think so.

As proof, they’re pointing to MU’s latest preliminary applications-for-admission numbers from potential freshmen and transfer students.

As of Jan. 29, freshman applications at MU were up 16.8 percent, from 15,060 at this time last year to 17,583. Transfer applications increased 12.2 percent, from 806 to 904.

“Mizzou is roaring back,” Chancellor Alexander N. Cartwright said in a statement Friday afternoon.

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