re: TOPS (or lack of it) and the effect on LSU

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What's the word on TOPS around campus?

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Nothing yet. Still waiting to see what comes out of the regular session in April.

There have been a number of ideas thrown around by the Board of Regents including selling naming rights to TOPS, scaling payments based on academic level (fresh, soph, etc), and increasing retention requirements. So far, nothing has been approved or really agreed on. Don't expect much to change in terms of barrier to entry.

The real numbers and future will come from the regular session.

Administrators are aware of the merit scholarship values and the comparisons to other schools.