On Being UL

[R1Letterman]

Any link to the testimony or transcript when he said they were losing students to us

[CajunNation]

In the construction trades, it’s a battle getting students. Contractors hire unskilled labor and they get on the job training. And paid.

A lot of that would go away if we enforced certain laws in this country.

[ZoomZoom]

A lot of that would go away if we enforced certain laws in this country.

Been like that for many years, back into last century.

[Cajun Monkee]

Any link to the testimony or transcript when he said they were losing students to us

I'd put that up on billboards across the city.

[R1Letterman]

I'd put that up on billboards across the city.

Amen.

[R1Letterman]

...nation

[Cajunrunner]

Louisiana economically cannot compete with Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland etc.

Two of those four states you mentioned don’t have an income tax. Mississippi is phasing out their’s.

Don’t know if that has anything to do with anything, but just felt it worth noting.

[RedTails]

Perhaps UL needs to abandon the advance in secrecy strategy. I bet not many people in a 40-mile radius of Lafayette understand the progress we have made academically. I miss CajunFun's ULToday.com website for positive news in UL academics.

Now sports...see for yourself below. Diamond sports on a tear over the weekend:

Check the home page sport section of Acadiana Advocate:
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/

Why do they bury Foote's UL articles on the home page?

And home page sport section (and sports subpage) of Advertiger:
https://www.theadvertiser.com/

[Cajunsmike]

Interested in hearing take of 60swerebest here. He is quite connected with the College of Engineering. He did tell me recently that students in that college are challenged to the point sports is quite secondary to them.

[Duckster]

Lafayette Parish would do well to convert one of their high schools into a magnet 'Construction' high school. You get 1/2 day of English, math, science, civics, etc. then the other half of the day you get 'shop' hours. Or specific training whereas when you graduate from high school, student can begin apprenticeship or be certified in electrical, welding, HVAC, construction, etc. After high school, more specialized training may continue at SLCC campuses via TOPS tech. Local industry might chip in to help get a education/workforce shop program like this off the ground.