Mo. Rev. Stat. § 175.050

The board of curators of the Lincoln University shall be authorized to afford to its students training up to the standard furnished at the state University of Missouri. To this end the board of curators shall be authorized to purchase necessary additional land, erect necessary additional buildings, to open and establish any new school, department or course of instruction, to provide necessary additional equipment, and to locate the respective units of the university wherever in the state of Missouri in their opinion the various schools will most effectively promote the purposes of this chapter.