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Apalachicola Times
January 10, 2018
If you have ever earnestly sweated about funding for higher education and health care, this will be a session to watch. Gov. John Bel Edwards may have to call a special session prior to the regular session, and/or maybe after it, to get lawmakers to vote on tax proposals to address a shortfall of roughly $1ÃÂ ...
KTAL
January 10, 2018
Including the TOPS scholarship program. "All programs are on the table with the most horrible thing is going to be cuts to higher education and higher education cannot afford to be cut. We're telling the people of Louisiana we should send out kids to Louisiana schools and then we go around and cut them.
NOLA.com
January 10, 2018
John Bel Edwards is skeptical he can reach a deal with Louisiana House Republicans to fix the state's billion-dollar budget deficit in time to call a ... That could lead to drastic cuts in higher education, the closing of state-funded hospitals and a large reduction in the TOPS college scholarship program.
Insurance Journal
January 9, 2018
Louisiana's legislative auditor is conducting his own review. Release of the data came the same day the Southern University System announced it has put one of its administrators on leave because of sexual misconduct allegations. The higher education system said associate vice president for humanÃÂ ...
Daily Comet
January 9, 2018
“To do less is to continue our rankings at the bottom of the list for every good higher education measure and the top of the list for negative measures,” he said. “We must strive to increase our access and success.” A new board member, former state Senate President Randy Ewing, was also sworn in duringÃÂ ...
Monroe News Star
January 9, 2018
Jim Henderson, president and CEO of the University of Louisiana System, said there will always be the occasional outlier, but the state must prepare for the reality of the job market that affects most people. Who better to address the growing need for higher education than ULS? More: State universityÃÂ ...
Red River Radio
January 9, 2018
It's estimated that there will be a one-billion dollar-plus deficit causing cuts to healthcare and higher education. We continue the second-part of our visit with Chancellor Larry Clark of LSU in Shreveport. who offers his perspective on what impact the "fiscal cliff" will have on higher education in Louisiana.
NOLA.com
January 8, 2018
Legislators hope the money will help Louisiana deal with its $1 billion budget shortfall that threatens public higher education and health care programs later this year. Department of Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson, an Edwards appointee, said models show the state's individual income tax revenueÃÂ ...
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
December 31, 1999
“It's too early to identify exactly how funds will be allocated, but we will use the full scope and breadth of Louisiana's higher education system to deliver training that's appropriate, with DXC Technology advising colleges and universities on customizing courses for today's end-to-end IT services environment,”à...
NOLA.com
December 9, 2017
Louisiana higher education leaders are collectively asking the state's congressional delegation to take out several provisions in the GOP tax reform legislation that they argue would make college more expensive for students and place additional burdens on stressed school budgets. Story by Greater BatonÃÂ ...
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
December 8, 2017
LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron is the top earner among all coaches at Louisiana higher education institutions, earning about $3.5 million per year, according to The Advertiser. Orgeron earns a base salary of $500,000, but supplemental income pushes his pay into the seven-figure range. He receivesÃÂ ...
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
December 8, 2017
Louisiana higher education leaders are collectively asking the state's congressional delegation to take out several provisions in the GOP tax reform legislation that they argue would make college more expensive for students and place additional burdens on stressed school budgets. In a letter sent toÃÂ ...
The Advocate
December 7, 2017
Let's keep it simple and just focus on three common-sense solutions that could be used to fix Louisiana's fiscal problems: ... the University of Louisiana System; F. King Alexander, LSU System President; Joe Rallo, Commissioner of Higher Education; Deputy Administration Commissioner Barbara GoodsonÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
December 7, 2017
Louisiana will run out of money for the state's Children's Health Insurance Program in the middle of January if Congress does not continue federal funding for it. ... That shortfall -- without the additional CHIP bill -- is putting funding for hospitals, the TOPS college scholarship program and higher education inÃÂ ...
The Advocate
November 22, 2017
Other graduate students, both at LSU and other Louisiana universities, expressed similar ... Leaders in higher education are also concerned.
The Advocate
November 13, 2017
To land the deal, Louisiana Economic Development offered DXC an ... well as a state higher education network that is willing to work with DXCÂ ...
Houston Chronicle
November 9, 2017
The suits come amid a broad review of hazing policies in the state's higher-education system after the recent death of a Louisiana State ...
NOLA.com
November 8, 2017
... School Officers, Louisiana has built a collaboration between PreK-12 and higher education institutions for teacher preparation programs that ...
KTAL
November 2, 2017
SUSLA and LSUS are teaming up with local and state leaders and educators to talk bout the state of higher education in Louisiana. Join in the ...
Knoe.com
November 2, 2017
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - ULM and several institutions have experienced historic losses in funding over the years, but leaders say it's ...
News at Louisiana Tech
October 24, 2017
Louisiana Tech is highlighted in several important areas in recently released rankings from a pair of sites focusing on higher education.
The Baptist Message
October 24, 2017
Louisiana College was founded in 1916 and today is supported by Louisiana Baptists not merely to have “a fine institution of higher education” ...
Inside Higher Ed
October 23, 2017
The highest ratios of total expenditures for state-funded grants versus state fiscal support for higher education were recorded in Louisiana, ...
NOLA.com
October 21, 2017
For example, if Louisiana needs more money for higher education or the TOPS college scholarship program, most of the money being used for ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
October 11, 2017
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards asked leaders of the state's higher-education system to review their campus policies on hazing, alcohol and ...
NOLA.com
October 11, 2017
Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives are gearing up for a ... Unlike Henry, Barras appears to think TOPS, higher education and ...
The Advocate
October 3, 2017
... universities, the president of the University of Louisiana System said Tuesday he is bullish about the future of higher education in Louisiana.
U.S. News & World Report
September 28, 2017
Louisiana's top higher education board hopes to have a contract in place by Nov. 15 with a search firm that will help to find the state's next ...
The Daily Advertiser
September 26, 2017
The six lowest-rated districts for teachers were Louisiana, Florida, ... said Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Joseph Rallo in a ...
KTAL
September 26, 2017
John Bel Edwards appoints AT&T Louisiana President Sonia Perez to the ... “Sonia Perez is a strong supporter of higher education and is ...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
John Bel Edwards said Thursday that Louisiana has a plan to ... Higher education leaders said at the time that they were stunned by the lack of ...
The Daily Advertiser
December 31, 1999
But he's inherited a large slice of Louisiana's public higher education pie and, after years of state budget cuts, he wants to make sure there is ...
The Daily Advertiser
December 31, 1999
It's no secret that state funding for Louisiana higher education has dropped dramatically over the last 10 years. But other differences can be ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 21, 2017
Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge increased tuition and fees the most ... Researchers of higher education trends say in-state tuition isÃÂ ...
The Daily Advertiser
September 20, 2017
The Louisiana Community and Technical College System is paying $1.1 ... Sullivan said his system and other higher education institutionsÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
September 20, 2017
Here is a primer on the program and how it works in Louisiana. ... billion on health care (mostly Medicaid) and $1 billion on higher education.
NOLA.com
September 20, 2017
Bill Cassidy, R-La., center, speaks to the news media on Capitol Hill in ... and health care and higher education have absorbed deep cuts.
Knoe.com
September 19, 2017
LSU AgCenter finalizes agreement with GB Sciences Louisiana to produce ... As a public institution of higher education, the LSU AgCenter'sÃÂ ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
September 19, 2017
BATON ROUGE, La. — A national fraternity says it has closed its chapter at Louisiana State University while it investigates the death of aÃÂ ...
American Press
September 18, 2017
Bobby Jindal's eight years in office continue to take a heavy toll on Louisiana's higher education system. The second university president toÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 16, 2017
The president of a Louisiana university is leaving at the end of the year. ... he's resigning from Nicholls State for other work in higher education.
Shreveport Times
September 15, 2017
BATON ROUGE - With Louisiana's much-beloved free college tuition ... As they repeatedly cut state financing for higher education over the lastÃÂ ...
American Press
September 14, 2017
Robert Mann, the author of “Let's face facts: Louisiana is sick and dying,” ... and have cut higher education funding more than any other state.
The Advocate
September 14, 2017
Louisiana has to step up its proficiency in science, math and ... of the world, Commissioner of Higher Education Joseph Rallo said Wednesday.
The Daily Advertiser
September 13, 2017
The Louisiana Board of Regents' Higher Education State Fact Book breaks it down to 58.7 percent female students and 41.3 percent males.
The Missoulian
September 12, 2017
"She definitely knows her stuff about higher education. ... with 9,300 students; McNeese State University in Louisiana with 7,600 students; andÃÂ ...
The Advocate
September 12, 2017
Louisiana's community and technical colleges are delivering on ... past, he said, there was distrust and friction among higher education leaders.
NOLA.com
September 12, 2017
Louisiana community and technical college system President Monty ... a more comprehensive approach to financial aid for higher education,ÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
September 12, 2017
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards looking out a window toward ... at the same time protecting higher education and other priorities fromÃÂ ...
Houma Courier
September 11, 2017
La. starts push for more science, math and engineering students, .... The group, which is chaired by Commissioner of Higher Education JosephÃÂ ...
