re: Here is an easy $62.5 million to address the states shortfall.

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So enlighten us, oh wise one, as to how keeping all of Louisiana's 14 four year universities, with their low enrollments and proximity to each other, benefits the state more than consolidating them into 4-5 universities. We patiently await the depth of your analysis.

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First of all, you wouldn't be able to cut McNeese if this were the logic because it's the only school in SWLA. So OP needs to check which schools really should be cut. Second, while the notion of consolidating schools is a fine thought, it's not as easy as bussing kids from one school to the other. That kind of turnover would take years and cost many millions of dollars. Not to mention, as I stated before, the economic impact of people losing jobs and the inevitable "brain drain" that would follow.

Take a moment and think critically about the implications of what you're proposing. Do you really think it would be that easy?