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re: Louisiana budget shortfall: should we repeal State Trooper raises?
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:59 pm to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:59 pm to tigerinthebueche
Higher ed should be cut if the correct cuts are made. Hammering every school equally is stupid. LSU, SLU, La tech, ULL pull weight. There are plenty of schools that don't pull weight and they should be on the chopping block. We have far too many colleges for a state our size. The issue happens to be the schools that deserve to be slashed or even closed wont be. They will only slash across the board.
It is just stupid to look at higher education as the only thing that needs to be slashed. I could go through the budget and find program after program that is worthless. Higher Education might not directly fund its self but if you destroy higher education then you are hurting the state. The smart students will leave in even higher numbers and make homes elsewhere. Then you have a state that has very little home grown talent and businesses wont even look at coming.
It is just stupid to look at higher education as the only thing that needs to be slashed. I could go through the budget and find program after program that is worthless. Higher Education might not directly fund its self but if you destroy higher education then you are hurting the state. The smart students will leave in even higher numbers and make homes elsewhere. Then you have a state that has very little home grown talent and businesses wont even look at coming.
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 1:08 pm to heartbreakTiger
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Higher Education might not directly fund its self but if you destroy higher education then you are hurting the state. The smart students will leave in even higher numbers and make homes elsewhere. Then you have a state that has very little home grown talent and businesses wont even look at coming.
first, higher ed wont be "destroyed". They won't get the full amount of cuts requested. They might get half of that. Regardless, higher ed will survive.
second, the idea that the smart students will go elsewhere is bullshite and always has been. Those who can go out of state will, regardless of higher ed's budget. The rest- smart or stupid- will go where they can afford to. As for making La. their home post graduation- that will depend on if they can find employment or not in the state.
The belief that a university will make people want to stay here or come here is propaganda put out by higher ed to keep/increase their funding. Quit drinking the koolaid.
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