Montana State University pitched as a hard-working bargain

Montana State University http://www.montana.edu/ is highly successful both in teaching undergraduates and doing more than $98 million a year in scientific research, but it’s still failing to get more than half of students to graduate.

Those are some of the key findings in a 17-page overview of MSU’s mission, which will be reviewed by the Montana Board of Regents today during its meeting in Dillon.

The document portrays MSU as a hard-working bargain — where it costs only 76 cents to teach students for every dollar it costs at similar research universities, and where academic departments teach 23 percent more classes than their national peers.

By GAIL SCHONTZLER, Chronicle Staff Writer

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