MO HCR105

Designates Lincoln University as the flagship institution of Missouri, replacing the University of Missouri-Columbia in that role

Cites University of Missouri's history of racial discrimination, including black students comprising only 8% of the student body (half the rate of black students in Missouri public schools) and a 2005 study showing minority students experienced harassment at nearly double the national average

References fall 2015 racial tensions at University of Missouri that drew national attention, along with leadership failures including retaining a faculty member filmed assaulting a student for three months

Highlights Lincoln University's history of racial inclusion, founded in 1866 by Union veterans of the 62nd Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops, and its 2016 ranking as one of the nation's best Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Directs the Chief Clerk to prepare copies of the resolution for Lincoln University President Kevin D. Rome and University of Missouri Interim President Mike Middleton