February 27, 2013
Louisiana Budget Causes Confusion for Colleges
Chronicle of Higher Education
Gov. Bobby Jindal has released a preliminary budget for 2014 that includes significant cuts for state hospitals and higher education. That is, depending whom you ask. …
Opinion: University tier ranking in jeopardy of decline
Daily Reveille
Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins, warned the public that the University is at “the tipping point” of dropping from a tier one to a tier two ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings, ...
Tuition increase approved for 90,000 college students
The Advocate
The University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a 10 percent tuition hike at all nine of its campuses. Before the increase can take effect, though, it also has to be approved by the state Board of Regents ...
Tuition increase likely for state schools
New Orleans Times-Picayune
However, with mid-year budget cuts in higher education, non-recurring one-time expenditures, the public/private partnerships and an increase of $75 million of additional tuition funds provided by the GRAD act, ...
Jindal proposes $47M in property sales in budget
The Advocate
Jindal proposes unloading six tracts of state property around south Louisiana to drum up $47 million, money that he’s using to help pay for public colleges in his budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year that starts July 1. ...
Jindal proposes $47M in property sales in budget
WBRZ-TV
Jindal's budget for next year assumes the state will receive $47 million from the property sales. Its money that the governor's using to help pay for public colleges. ...
Our Views: Move toward more openness
The Advocate
As LSU officials continue their search for a new system president, we suggest that they consider what’s happening at the University of Wyoming. ...
Campus building certified by LEED
Daily Reveille
The LSU Hilltop Arboretum is a University property under the management of the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture “with the intent that it remains a model of the natural landscape and continues its use as an outdoor laboratory,” ...
Inside Report: Sinkhole critics: O Governor, where art thou?
The Advocate
Kirby Goidel, LSU mass communication and political science professor, said the window for Jindal to gain the positive boost he could have expected from an early visit to Bayou Corne has long passed. ...
SG: Emergency Response Amnesty needed at the University
Daily Reveille
Student Government made the case last Wednesday that the University should implement a new Emergency Response Policy for students — one it hopes will encourage students to seek necessary medical attention without hesitation or fear ...
Garden questions lead to AgCenter series
The Advocate
LSU AgCenter horticulturist Kiki Fontenot, who gave the first in a series of gardening talks, kept answering questions until, finally, she had to move the class to the back of the Burden Center conference room. ...
Students commemorate national eating disorders awareness week
Daily Reveille
University students along with the Student Health Center have found a way to commemorate national eating disorders awareness week through a campaign of positive body image and self-appreciation. ...