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Is it true LSU is going to an open admission policy?
Posted on 9/3/19 at 6:34 am
Posted on 9/3/19 at 6:34 am
That isn't a smart idea. The entire purpose of a tier system is to preserve the academic standing of a school. It also serves as a benchmark for students to follow regarding their education.
A student who may realize their academic needs are not the best may choose a lower tier school as opposed to a large state university.
A student who may realize their academic needs are not the best may choose a lower tier school as opposed to a large state university.
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Posted on 9/3/19 at 6:40 am to volod
Where did you hear this?
Posted on 9/3/19 at 6:40 am to volod
How the mighty have fallen. I remember back in 2006 or so when they were claiming to raise the GPA requirement and trying to be a “Tier 1” school. Now we can’t even put a Tiger into a cage. SAD!
Posted on 9/3/19 at 6:42 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
TOPS money being lost calls for desperate actions
Posted on 9/3/19 at 6:43 am to MrLSU
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TOPS money being lost calls for desperate actions
Cancel football and use CAF to get TAF’s funding after RICO charges.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 6:56 am to volod
Since OP is depriving us of a link... I think he's referring to this:
LINK
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In a slap at LSU, a report presented Wednesday to the Louisiana Board of Regents spells out why LSU and other schools are supposed to limit the number of students admitted even though they failed to meet academic standards.
"For the past two decades the Board of Regents has conducted studies on performance with similar findings: there is a direct relationship between student preparation and student performance," the review says.
Students who meet the academic criteria before admission outperformed those who did not "based on every performance measure examined," according to the study, which was done by the staff of the regents.
Last fall LSU admitted nearly double the number of allowed students who failed to meet the benchmarks under what it calls a holistic admissions policy.
A total of 435 students were accepted at the school as "exceptions" to the requirements, or 7.5 percent of the fall, 2018 first-time freshman class.
Under the rules of the regents, LSU was not supposed to allow more than 4 percent of the freshmen class to gain admission without meeting the academic criteria.
Those figures first surfaced last October.
"LSU exceeded the admissions policy in its allowance for exceptions," the report says.
Alexander has defended LSU's practice as a way to boost diversity, admit more students from out of state, who pay much higher fees and still produce a top-flight class.
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Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:01 am to BurningHeart
F King Alexander has been one of the largest disasters to ever manifest within the LSU system. My university just isn’t the same anymore.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:09 am to BurningHeart
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Alexander has defended LSU's practice as a way to boost diversity,
:Mother of God:
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:12 am to volod
I don't have a problem giving somebody a chance. I have a problem with a student loan to a student that had a C or lower average in high school, a student that can't maintain a B avg in college, or a student in a major that won't support him in the real world.
I think the unmotivated and slow should flunk out in the 1st year. 1st year at any U should be a challenge.
I think the unmotivated and slow should flunk out in the 1st year. 1st year at any U should be a challenge.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:12 am to BurningHeart
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admit more students from out of state, who pay much higher fees and still produce a top-flight class.
This is the real driver. Of course giving preferential treatment to out-of-staters (and foreigners) is directly opposite to a state university's guiding principle, which is to provide a quality affordable education to the people of the state of Louisiana.
But $$$ talks and bullshite walks I guess.
This post was edited on 9/3/19 at 7:13 am
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:19 am to BurningHeart
Holy Shite. Holistic Admissions Policy 
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:26 am to mauser
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I think the unmotivated and slow should flunk out in the 1st year. 1st year at any U should be a challenge.
Unpopular opinion: the money we spend on collegiate shenanigans needs to go to our vocational schools. If we pushed trade schools half as much as we did colleges we would have a more productive workforce. I appreciate a liberal arts education in the traditional sense, and it has its place. However, the majority of us need to pursue practical skills (and I'm referring to myself also).
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:34 am to volod
The “diversity monster” keeps eating. We need to starve that thing.
Beware of the half-truths of the keepers of the diversity monster!
Beware of the half-truths of the keepers of the diversity monster!
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:48 am to volod
Given how many baws want to be at a school like LSU, but academically can't make it-why doesn't LSU create a division of trade schools under the purple & gold banner?
LSU welding
LSU HVAC
LSU plumbing
LSU coding
This would solve so many problems of drop outs, financial stability, & an entire new wave of "alumni" donations.
LSU welding
LSU HVAC
LSU plumbing
LSU coding
This would solve so many problems of drop outs, financial stability, & an entire new wave of "alumni" donations.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 7:51 am to mauser
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don't have a problem giving somebody a chance. I have a problem with a student loan to a student that had a C or lower average in high school, a student that can't maintain a B avg in college, or a student in a major that won't support him in the real world.
Yes, you do because what you’re proposing is conditional. They are still on the hook for the loaned money post graduation so it doesn’t matter if they’re an A or a 2.0 student nor an art history or engineering degree.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 8:01 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Now we can’t even put a Tiger into a cage. SAD
almost as sad as your lack of originality.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 8:03 am to volod
No.
As usual, you continue to be a terrible poster…
As usual, you continue to be a terrible poster…
Posted on 9/3/19 at 8:06 am to volod
The problem with trade schools is that everybody says we should push them, yet they turn around and push their own kids to go to college. Self awareness isn’t our strength as a society.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 8:06 am to mauser
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I don't have a problem giving somebody a chance. I have a problem with a student loan to a student that had a C or lower average in high school, a student that can't maintain a B avg in college, or a student in a major that won't support him in the real world.
Welp, time to shut down all but 2 Louisiana’s cash cow. All but maybe two universities would be left standing
Posted on 9/3/19 at 8:07 am to lsu13lsu
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Holy Shite. Holistic Admissions Policy
With no opportunity for organic growth!
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