re: LSUS, LSUA & LSUE should be closed

Wrong board.

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The money that is spent on these schools should be spent on LSU in Baton Rouge. We don't need these schools wasting money that could be spent on the football team,the band, a bigger Tiger Stadium. The medical school in Shreveport is fine, but Shreveport doesn't need LSUS with Tech and NSU so close.

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You are a complete moron. Those schools are HUGE in those areas as it allows those students to stay close to home and not have to travel far from home to get an education. So an education isn't as important as a band and a larger stadium that already holds 90,000+, right?

Did I say that you're a moron?

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there are too many 4 year state colleges in the university for the number of people that reside there. With budgets being strained, closing a couple would actually save money for the state.

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LSUE is only a 2 year school (think nursing program may actually be 4 though). So you are saying they should drop LSUS and LSUA to 2 year schools with the idea that LSUA is close to LA College and LSUS is close to LA Tech?

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LSUS, LSUA & LSUE should be transferred over to LA Tech

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The medical school in Shreveport also

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LSUE is only a 2 year school (think nursing program may actually be 4 though). So you are saying they should drop LSUS and LSUA to a 2 year school with the idea that LSUA is close to LA College and LSUS is close to LA Tech?

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I would look at combining Tech and ULM. The schools are only 31 miles apart and it would be cheaper to combine into one school than two separate. Leave LSUS and in the other corner of the state you have the combo ULM/Tech.

South Louisiana is a little more difficult because the bulk of the population lives in that part of the state, but it should be considered. It seems like every town in Louisiana has a 4 year state college and that does run up the costs. All of the buildings that must be maintained, cooled, heated, the grounds and other items would be saved by combining onto one campus a couple of schools.

I believe in higher education but it can be offered more efficiently in Louisiana.

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The money that is spent on these schools should be spent on LSU in Baton Rouge. We don't need these schools wasting money that could be spent on the football team,the band, a bigger Tiger Stadium. The medical school in Shreveport is fine, but Shreveport doesn't need LSUS with Tech and NSU so close.

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If this were to happen, the money definitely wouldn't need to be redirected into athletics or any axillary services. That said, if things continue to worsen, reducing one or more of the programs back to their pre-1976 state (as a 2-year school) wouldn't be a terrible idea if you must continue to make extensive cuts (and this proved to actually provide significant cost savings). In my opinion every effort needs to be made to maintain the integrity of the main LSU campus. It is after all the flagship university.

What we need to do is take a page from the books of other states!

1. Combine the three higher education organizations (University of Louisiana, LSU and Southern systems could be more effective and more efficient if combined into one system). There is no reason to have three systems in a state our size. The Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) serves a separate need, but if necessary could be combined as well.

2. Establish one flagship university (for all practical purposes, LSU, unless someone can make me believe otherwise). Then distribute programs to the other universities. Mississippi does this. If you want to do engineering, you go to Mississippi State, Mass Comm go to Southern Miss, and so on. This helps ensure that each program is the best of its kind and that no one program is short on funding.

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The money that is spent on these schools should be spent on LSU in Baton Rouge. We don't need these schools wasting money that could be spent on the football team,the band, a bigger Tiger Stadium. The medical school in Shreveport is fine, but Shreveport doesn't need LSUS with Tech and NSU so close.

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Yes, some schools need to be closed, but the money should go to LSUBR's academic needs. The Athletic program is self sufficient.

I will be attending LSUE in the summer. It provides an education close to home. I am as big of a fan as the next guy but this is the most absurd shite i've heard on this board in 5 years. This can't be an honest opinion???

I think most are forgetting one of the most important aspects of the three schools in question. All three are considered commuter schools and a large portion of their student body are non-traditional students. All three also make great contributions to their communities. Lets not forget all the people that the three schools employ as well.