Jindal to ask to merge SUNO, UNO

[STEVEAUX UL 78]

McNeese does NOT need to merge with UL. Lake Charles and that University are good for each other. UL is fine the way it is.

igeaux.mobi

Yes, I agree!....don't want any part of McNeese with our UL!




igeaux.mobi

[Cajun90]

Yes, I agree!....don't want any part of McNeese with our UL!




igeaux.mobi

Nor do we want anything to do with LSU-E as another poster said. No University in this state should be associated directly with a Jr. College. The JC's need to find their own path and that should be a completely different discussion.

The scope of every University should be established and set in stone. Some should be merged to reduce overhead.


An example of consolidaiton:

La. Tech could combine with ULM. Maintain both campuses. No way you accomodate both student bodies on one campus anyway. Both offer the general undergraduate courses but split up the degreed course work between the two. Pharmacy at ULM campus, computer science at Tech campus etc.....

Administration combines, athletics combine. Would be great for both schools. Higher enrollment with reduced overhead.

Of course the name change could be an issue. I've got that covered. Louisiana Tech @ Monore. Both schools win.

[STEVEAUX UL 78]

igeaux.mobiYes Cajun90 I agree with you....

[RedBug58]

LSU should merge with Southern; That should be obvious, they're only a few miles apart.

[Cajun Power]

_ LSU should merge with Southern; That should be obvious, they're only a few miles apart. _

That will be the day. You think UL has more African-American students than LSU total (despite having over 10,000 fewer students) out of sheer coincidence?

We're much more representative of the state's population, demographically, than the so-called "flagship." Odd...

[RaginCajun77]

Jindal proposes merging N.O. universities

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal publicly has asked the question that many lawmakers and state educators have privately asked for several years: Should the campuses of the University of New Orleans and Southern University of New Orleans be merged?

The governor Tuesday asked the Board of Regents to include in an ongoing study the effects of merging the two campuses into a new school to be placed under the University of Louisiana System. He also wants a strong partnership with Delgado Community College.

theadvertiser.com
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article...O-universities

Paging Doc Fun!! What are your thoughts on the bold portion?

[CajunFun]

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Paging Doc Fun!! What are your thoughts on the bold portion? _

I like it, but for reasons I won't go into here. I know one faculty member who thinks UNO will stretch the ULS budget; I am confident Bobby wants UNO's budget to follow them.

SUNO needs to be mergered because it's just a poor school. We need to move Tech to Shreveport, and Northwestern to Alec. That won't ever happen, but then every major city would have an established college, and LSU-S and LSU-A could be mergered.

BTW I printed the whole article: http://ultoday.com/node/2739

[Boomer]

_ I like it, but for reasons I won't go into here. I know one faculty member who thinks UNO will stretch the ULS budget; I am confident Bobby wants UNO's budget to follow them.

SUNO needs to be mergered because it's just a poor school. We need to move Tech to Shreveport, and Northwestern to Alec. That won't ever happen, but then every major city would have an established college, and LSU-S and LSU-A could be mergered.

BTW I printed the whole article: http://ultoday.com/node/2739 _

I will guarantee that the plan is to get UNO/Suno out of the LSU system---It has always been a drain on its total budget Of the LSU system and surprise they always wanted MORE money--Well guess whose budget now gets raided???? As far as a merger-I spent 4 years going to the SUNO gym watching my daughter play for Loyolal--Joke----I wish somebody would do a comparison of North la schools and population and those in the south La part!

[AstroCajun]

_ I will guarantee that the plan is to get UNO/Suno out of the LSU system---It has always been a drain on its total budget Of the LSU system and surprise they always wanted MORE money--Well guess whose budget now gets raided???? As far as a merger-I spent 4 years going to the SUNO gym watching my daughter play for Loyolal--Joke----I wish somebody would do a comparison of North la schools and population and those in the south La part! _

SUNO is in the Southern system, not LSU and not ULS.

Their graduation rate is an embarrassment and merger makes so much sense that it won't happen.

[CajunNation]

You mean run higher ed like Universities? Not like a populist's wet dream of 2 chickens in every pot? Make Tops an actual merit based program with real standards?

How novel..

It will never work here. The free lunch entitlement mentality is is too strong in both politicians and voters in Louisiana.

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