Amid concerns among state lawmakers about plans to rework the formula for how to divvy higher-education funding among state colleges and universities, faculties are uniting in their opposition to the Jindal administration’s proposed $219 million in cuts to higher education.

UL’s faculty senate voted unanimously to endorse a resolution opposing the Jindal plan. In a cover letter to the resolution, John Meriwether, the body’s executive officer and a UL physics professor, makes a case for higher ed:

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By Walter Pierce
The Ind