Is Missouri State hurting itself by failing to adopt a sexual orientation clause?
Yes. It may be unfair, but most of us, like U.S. News, rank universities. Missouri State wants to rise in these formal and informal rankings, and many of us work very hard to make this happen. Does Missouri State rank with the major universities or does it fit with the mediocre universities? With respect to sexual orientation clauses, Missouri State clearly looks backward and is isolated from the best schools in the country. As already stated, the leading universities of Missouri have sexual orientation clauses. To broaden the picture, every school in the Big Ten has a sexual orientation clause, as do 9 out of the schools in the Big 12 and every Ivy League school. All member institutions of the prestigious Association of American Universities have such a policy. All but 14 of 88 Public Doctoral/Research universities have such a policy and so do 44 out of 48 Private, Not for Profit Doctoral/Research universities. Americas largest systems of higher education have such policies, including
