re: BOS meeting has begun...UPDATE: Dalton is new chancellor, Rousse is LSU System President

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was the ACT/SAT optional before Tate become president?

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yes was from F King

captial tiger said it best

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The enrollment situation is the result of a failure beginning about 10 years ago. Competitors like Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Kentucky focused on recruitment from above average kids from nearby high-population states (Texas, Georgia, Tennessee) that were getting delayed/deferred admissions to their in-state schools.

This allowed these schools to remain financially strong. LSU and King Alexander got caught behind the curve here so threw most of their recruitment efforts at Online and Pell Grant students.

Tate kept it in place since revenue was solid and put his efforts towards research growth.

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ill say though that fund raising was up across the board, he put a huge emphasis on athletics, he did a great job on research

research funding reached almost 550 million which was highest it has ever been

he also got almost 250 million in donations to the university, he started the pentagon priorities research project which focused research on mainly 5 areas where LSU was already strong, and IMO his biggest success was the financial measurements he took to stabilize things like hiring freezes, consolidating a bunch of the admin roles and then he grew LSU Online to generate revenue.

sure the role of the system president is to help research funding but their main goal is to make sure the university is in good financial order, fund raising and overall steering of the university to grow the enrollment and academic rating.


i am very hopeful both Rousse and Dalton continue on the fundraising side, focus on improving the quality of student coming in through reimplementing the act requirement and through highlighting student life on campus.

im hoping there is renewed vigor about athletics and greek life and a focus on key areas in academics where LSU can really shine.