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re: So about this "no "S" in LSU" article that's been floating around (budget cuts)
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:41 pm to Tiger1242
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:41 pm to Tiger1242
So, if I read that right, the State money accounts for 13% of the budget and it will go down to 2.9%. In other words, they need to find 11% more money somewhere. That's gonna come from the middle/upperclass.
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Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:42 pm to Oates Mustache
They need to treat TOPS sort of like a loan program. Dont finish? Pay us back. And increase gpa requirement. 2.0 or whatever is a joke
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:43 pm to jimbeam
Not a bad idea and definitely increase the GPA requirements. As it stands now, a carrot could get TOPS.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:49 pm to Tiger1242
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Are these cuts really a possibility? If so what the frick?
No it is just scare tactics. The state money to LSU will get cut and LSU will go up on tuition and fees. The school will make some moves to try and be more efficient, but alot of the fat will still be there.
Even if the cuts to the LSU system were bad enough to cause campus closing do you really think they would close the main LSU campus?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:51 pm to Tiger1242
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“We’re looking at about an 82 percent budget reduction,” Alexander said of the 2016 state budget proposal, which has revenues falling $1.6-billion short of needed expenditures.
quote:I'm guessing that the F. King System President fellow isn't a mathematician. How in the hell is a 10% budget cut going to force him to furlough half his employees and shut down the campus for a year?
“In many ways, that ‘S’ isn’t as big as it used to be, because we’re only 13 percent funded from the state of Louisiana,” Alexander observed. “If this cut goes unaddressed in our legislative session, we will go down to 2.9 percent coming from the state.”
Do the admins' salaries soak up 90% of the budget? If so, cuts aren't the issue...
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:51 pm to Tiger1242
Note how Jindal's bitch carefully omits any critique of the governor. Part of the deal with his secret hiring.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:52 pm to HarryBalzack
That was some slick english he used there to make the end seem near HUH?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:52 pm to jimbeam
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They need to treat TOPS sort of like a loan program. Dont finish? Pay us back. And increase gpa requirement. 2.0 or whatever is a joke
Can't believe any meaningful reform hasn't been done to TOPS. It's way overdue.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:53 pm to WeeWee
Could they close LSUS and LSUA?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:54 pm to tylercsbn9
If you move out of Louisiana, you should have to pay back TOPS imo.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:55 pm to Tiger1242
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:55 pm to jimbeam
quote:I had a professor in grad school - an LSU man, in fact - who used have a maxim: whenever someone starts using numbers and percentages to fill the holes in their argument, they're most likely full of shite.
That was some slick english he used there to make the end seem near HUH?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:55 pm to HarryBalzack
Posted on 3/25/15 at 9:58 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
For some reason, TOPS is treated like the golden child by politicians and anyone suggesting reform quickly gets shut down. So we accept carrots into the program and so much waste is created by not only people graduating and leaving, but also people dropping.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 10:02 pm to HarryBalzack
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I'm guessing that the F. King System President fellow isn't a mathematician. How in the hell is a 10% budget cut going to force him to furlough half his employees and shut down the campus for a year? Do the admins' salaries soak up 90% of the budget? If so, cuts aren't the issue...
I'm sure a university has huge operating costs besides just paying people's salaries. And a 10% reduction in budget is substantial. Whether or not Alexander is using hyperbole is beside the point. The continued budget cuts to LSU and higher education in this state are unacceptable.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 10:02 pm to Oates Mustache
They sure haven't been blowing money on their website. I think I made one on AOL, back in the mid-90s, that looked better than that.
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Posted on 3/25/15 at 10:04 pm to Patron Saint
quote:I have a buddy who works there. It's pretty bad, for sure, but the hyperbole is hurting his cause, not helping.
Whether or not Alexander is using hyperbole is beside the point. The continued budget cuts to LSU and higher education in this state are unacceptable.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 10:04 pm to HarryBalzack
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“In many ways, that ‘S’ isn’t as big as it used to be, because we’re only 13 percent funded from the state of Louisiana,”
Easy. Give a 13% budget cut to each department and let them sort it out. Seriously.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 10:05 pm to MikeD
quote:Leave engineering and business alone. frick the rest.
Easy. Give a 13% budget cut to each department and let them sort it out. Seriously.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 10:07 pm to Tiger1242
This is what you frickers get for voting Jindal in just because he had purple and gold bumper stickers.
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