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‘Statewide university’: What LSU’s new strategic framework means for Louisiana
Posted on 3/11/24 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 3/11/24 at 2:38 pm
LA Illuminator Article
Scholarship First: Strategic Framework [Draft]
Scholarship First: Strategic Framework [Draft]
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The long-awaited strategic plan for Louisiana’s flagship university calls for a new vision of LSU, one administrators are calling the “statewide university.”
This new version of LSU will combine its main campus in Baton Rouge, satellites in Shreveport, Eunice and Alexandria, its two medical schools, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, the LSU Ag Center and parish extension offices into one statewide research engine.
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LSU provided a draft copy of the strategic framework to the Illuminator. The final version must be published by university President William Tate by mid-April. The 27-page plan represents the culmination of over two years of work to set the course for the future of LSU.
With the combined weight of its institutions, LSU hopes to obtain a top-50 ranking among research universities nationwide.
The National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent federal agency, tracks research and development expenditures at American universities and compiles annual rankings. Its evaluation is the standard used in higher education and was referenced by LSU Vice President of Strategy and Public Policy Jason Droddy when he presented the draft plan to the LSU Board of Supervisors on Feb. 23.
In 2022, LSU ranked 84th overall with $345 million spent on research. The NSF rating includes the main campus, the LSU Ag Center and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, all based in Baton Rouge. By comparison, the 50th-ranked institution, the University of Colorado Boulder, spent $611 million on research in the same period.
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Notably missing in the new strategic plan are all forms of the word “diverse.”
Principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have come to be expected in higher education and in university strategic plans. LSU’s last strategic plan, released in 2017, placed an emphasis on diversity.
LSU rebranded its inclusion office and scrapped most of the DEI language on its website earlier this year, just one business day before a conservative Republican governor was sworn into office. Wording on LSU.edu was instead shifted to “engagement.”
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In defending the shift, Tate said the change in language was part of the university’s strategic planning process.
“We shifted to engagement… because it was just important to rename it and make it clear that we were going to put resources behind it in the strategic plan,” Tate told the LSU Faculty Senate in January. “And that’s what you tend to do in strategic plans. You name what you’re going to fund.”
“Our culture must be one of engagement creating a vibrant experience with equal opportunities for all and ensuring that everyone has the chance to thrive and succeed,” one portion reads.
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Posted on 3/11/24 at 2:45 pm to GeorgeReymond
La. the home of the plan.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 2:46 pm to doubleb
I am dying to see what the UL tards make of this.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 2:52 pm to GeorgeReymond
If we double the amount of research dollars spent at LSU and achieve top 50 standing, how does that benefit the state? The school (other than prestige among higher ed circles)?
Asking.
Asking.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 2:57 pm to nitwit
LSU could easily save a ton of money consolidating administrative bureaucracy and positions at all those campuses.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 2:58 pm to nitwit
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If we double the amount of research dollars spent at LSU and achieve top 50 standing, how does that benefit the state? The school (other than prestige among higher ed circles)?
Asking.
Better research opportunities attracts quality out of state students and provides incentive for in-state students to stay in state. The other benefit is that typically the individuals doing research are post-grad students, postdocs, and professors. Those are older individuals that are more likely to stay for longer periods of time than a typical student who may just come for undergrad then bolt out of state.
This post was edited on 3/11/24 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 3/11/24 at 3:03 pm to nitwit
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If we double the amount of research dollars spent at LSU and achieve top 50 standing, how does that benefit the state? The school (other than prestige among higher ed circles)? Asking
So morons like you can’t get into LSU and ask stupid questions anymore
This post was edited on 3/11/24 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 3/11/24 at 3:05 pm to GeorgeReymond
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Notably missing in the new strategic plan are all forms of the word “diverse.”
Posted on 3/11/24 at 3:06 pm to nitwit
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If we double the amount of research dollars spent at LSU and achieve top 50 standing, how does that benefit the state? The school (other than prestige among higher ed circles)?
Asking.
Helps slow the brain drain.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 3:16 pm to nitwit
quote:I'll take a stab and say those research dollars are sent to LSU from federal agencies and bodies, and they are all spent here in Louisiana. They are net dollars that get printed and pumped into LSU, which then spends it here in Louisiana.
how does that benefit the state?
I suppose there are secondary effects from the economy that grows around research universities. If cutting-edge discoveries get made, the people making them would be here the more money that gets spent on research. Proximity to those discoveries would arguably benefit the State as opposed to having them made elsewhere.
The federal military-industrial complex has a role in this. Someone smarter than me can better explain it. But part of our national defense supremacy is achieved because of the insane amounts of money our federal government spends on research.
My understanding is that Stanford was the model for the use of universities for this purpose and it has been copied in the 20th century.
Sean O'Keefe, our former Chancellor, was the Secretary of the Navy and then the Administrator of NASA before he became our Chancellor; his stop here was part of a successful progression through the heights of federal spending. After LSU, he became chairman of the Airbus Group.
Those federal/military-industrial complex dollars spend, and they get pumped right into our State the more our flagship university can net them.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 5:46 pm to GeorgeReymond
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Notably missing in the new strategic plan are all forms of the word “diverse.” Principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have come to be expected in higher education and in university strategic plans. LSU’s last strategic plan, released in 2017, placed an emphasis on diversity. LSU rebranded its inclusion office and scrapped most of the DEI language on its website earlier this year, just one business day before a conservative Republican governor was sworn into office. Wording on LSU.edu was instead shifted to “engagement.”
Hmmmmmmm……
Posted on 3/11/24 at 6:23 pm to GeorgeReymond
Tate saw what Desantis did to DEI in Florida and did some word salad stuff in case Landry planned to do the same.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 7:23 pm to GeorgeReymond
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Notably missing in the new strategic plan are all forms of the word “diverse.”
Principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have come to be expected in higher education and in university strategic plans. LSU’s last strategic plan, released in 2017, placed an emphasis on diversity.
LSU rebranded its inclusion office and scrapped most of the DEI language on its website earlier this year, just one business day before a conservative Republican governor was sworn into office. Wording on LSU.edu was instead shifted to “engagement.”
I tell ya, President Tate is fricking terrible at implementing his agenda.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 7:31 pm to GeorgeReymond
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‘Statewide university’
I will believe it when LSU lays claim to all of the state community colleges and raises their accreditation standards so they will transfer to anywhere.
I grew up in KY and UK is the parent administrator for all 28 state CC's in KY. this provides a great feeder system and improves the quality of CC education
Posted on 3/11/24 at 8:21 pm to nitwit
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If we double the amount of research dollars spent at LSU and achieve top 50 standing, how does that benefit the state?
Here’s a good article on the subject.
Forbes
Research can benefit the state through economic development. There’s the multiplier effect for example.. where you can expect the creation of 3-5 indirect jobs for each research-related job created. It can lead to new startups and can help recruit new companies to the state. There’s also technology commercialization where LSU can license and sell their technology to other companies. Which all leads to increased tax revenue for the state.
It also helps address issues facing the state. This can include anything from rice research, combating invasive wild pigs, etc.
A statewide team led by LSU recently secured a $160 million NSF grant in support of Louisiana’s energy industry. The largest grant ever awarded by the NSF.
They envision Baton Rouge and carbon capture to become what Kendall Square is to technological innovation and what North Carolina is to regenerative medicine.
This post was edited on 3/11/24 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 3/11/24 at 9:31 pm to GeorgeReymond
It's refreshing to have leadership at LSU with an actual vision on how to improve the institution and the state. Things just felt kind of directionless under F King.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 9:47 pm to HammerheadLincoln
Sounds good, but LSU is still broke
Posted on 3/11/24 at 9:49 pm to nitwit
quote:
we double the amount of research dollars spent at LSU and achieve top 50 standing, how does that benefit the state? The school (other than prestige among higher ed circles)? Asking.
Better research=better rankings
Better rankings means *hopefully* not just keeping kids but bringing some in
Even more importantly
More research also attracts start ups.
Why do you think Silicon Valley is around Stanford and Berkeley?
Why do you think Austin is a hot bed for start ups?
Boston is a MASSIVE hub for medical start ups, robotics etc. it’s not a coincidence that they sprung up in a place with Harvard undergrad Med school 4 Harvard research hospitals, Boston university MIT, Tufts etc.
I’m not saying that’s going to happen on a large scale with Baton rouge but have to street somewhere
This post was edited on 3/11/24 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 3/11/24 at 9:55 pm to SOL2
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Sounds good, but LSU is still broke
Bringing in more research money and out of state students would help with that
Posted on 3/11/24 at 10:12 pm to GeorgeReymond
I’m going to need to see some more studies first before I form an opinion
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