Colleges Brace for Avoidable Budget Cuts

[CajunFun]

Louisiana faces a massive ‘fiscal cliff’ in 2025, when $650 million in tax revenue rolls off the books. State leaders have told public colleges and universities to brace for up to $250 million in cuts next year because of the budget shortfall. The Times-Picayune | Baton Rouge Advocate’s Marie Fazio explains what this would mean for universities in the state: Link.

[ZoomZoom]

Just need more hurricane money.

[Duggie35]

Most Universities throughout the country could save millions of dollars by doing away with useless degrees!

[Cajunrunner]

All we have to do is increase taxes, folks. It’s that easy!

[Cajunrunner]

Will these be actual cuts, or cuts to the proposed increase of funds?

[RaginCajun77]

Louisiana faces a massive ‘fiscal cliff’ in 2025, when $650 million in tax revenue rolls off the books. State leaders have told public colleges and universities to brace for up to $250 million in cuts next year because of the budget shortfall. The Times-Picayune | Baton Rouge Advocate’s Marie Fazio explains what this would mean for universities in the state: Link.

Higher Education is once again on the hook to get us off the "fiscal cliff." This fiscal cliff is no surprise, yet here are our politicial leaders robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's as if the goal is to slowly destroy higher education.

[cajunfan96]

Most Universities throughout the country could save millions of dollars by doing away with useless degrees!

Plenty of money to educate students. Eliminate the bull____!

[ultracajun]

Most Universities throughout the country could save millions of dollars by doing away with useless degrees!

Like yours?

[Big Tyme]

Higher Education is once again on the hook to get us off the "fiscal cliff." This fiscal cliff is no surprise, yet here are our politicial leaders robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's as if the goal is to slowly destroy higher education.

Public education in general, it seems.

[billbeck451]

combine colleges could be done in Louisiana easily, Long gave out colleges like candy, how many campuses are with 50-60 miles of each other, combine some and you eliminate millions of dollars just in upper management costs

[HoustonCajun]

combine colleges could be done in Louisiana easily, Long gave out colleges like candy, how many campuses are with 50-60 miles of each other, combine some and you eliminate millions of dollars just in upper management costs

Revamp the UL System. As the only R1 university in the System, name UL as the Flagship university.
Combine universities - La Tech & Grambling/ULM/Northwestern, UL & McNeese/Nichols, UNO & SE LA.
Make UL, LA Tech & UNO the main campuses with all of the graduate programs. All other schools are 4 year undergrad campuses to each major university, thereby eliminating a lot of duplication while still keeping universities in their respective cities and their economies.

LSU and Southern have their own Systems.

[ZoomZoom]

Revamp the UL System. As the only R1 university in the System, name UL as the Flagship university.
Combine universities - La Tech & Grambling/ULM/Northwestern, UL & McNeese/Nichols, UNO & SE LA.
Make UL, LA Tech & UNO the main campuses with all of the graduate programs. All other schools are 4 year undergrad campuses to each major university, thereby eliminating a lot of duplication while still keeping universities in their respective cities and their economies.

LSU and Southern have their own Systems.

Right idea. Politically, never happens.