If they're unhappy, they're not saying so publicly.
Missouri college and university administrators said this week they're pleased Gov. Jay Nixon cut their budgets by only 7 percent in the 2011-12 budget proposal he submitted to lawmakers last week.
Speaking as chairman of the Council on Public Higher Education in Missouri - which represents the state's 13 public, four-year college and university campuses - Lincoln University President Carolyn Mahoney said: "We appreciate the governor's strong commitment to public higher education and are encouraged that he was able to construct a budget that limits reductions to public universities to 7 percent."