re: List of public colleges and universities in LA

Never underestimate the Louisiana Legislature's ability to do nothing.

Keep:
Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (main campus)
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of New Orleans

Either fold the rest into the universities that have been kept, or convert them into 2-year schools.

Is UNO even relevant?

You forgot about the Northwestern State Nursing School here in Shreveport.

My two cents on a potential solution.

SINGLE GOVERNING SYSTEM

All higher education would be governed by a single system as opposed to the separate systems that exist now. Call it whatever you like, but I will call it for the purposes of this, the LA University System (LUS). Within the LUS, you would have the following:

FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES:

1. Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (Paul M. Hebert Law Center would merge with and become an arm of the main campus)
2. Louisiana State University in Shreveport (I believe the third largest metro area in the state needs a public four year program)
3. Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (Southern University Law Center would merge with and become an arm of the main campus)
4. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston (UL-Monroe would merge into Louisiana Tech, and Grambling would be contracted with certain faculty, staff, and resources going to La. Tech).
5. University of New Orleans (Southern University of New Orleans would be contracted with certain faculty, staff, and resources going to UNO).
6. University of Louisiana at Lafayette
7. McNeese State University, Lake Charles
8. Northwestern State University, Natchitoches (Could potentially see an argument merging it into LSU Shreveport)
9. Southeastern LA University, Hammond

SEPARATE GRADUATE INSTITUTIONS

1. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
2. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

2 YEAR INSTITUTIONS & COMMUNITY COLLEGES

1. Louisiana State University at Alexandria (Louisiana State University at Eunice would be contracted with certain faculty, staff, and resources going to LSU-A)
2. Nicholls State becomes a Community College
3. All current community colleges remain open (with the exception of Southern University at Shreveport). All Louisiana Technical College campus within a 45 mile radius of a community college will be contracted with certain programs being integrated into the nearest community college. In effect, community colleges will be two years schools and trade schools. To the extent that an LTC location is not within a 45 mile radius of a community college program, it would remain open.

LSU Law is already a part of the main campus

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Northwestern trains teachers.

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I support this. The amount of Sloots in Natchitoches would increase exponentially. All I'd have to do was shave and wear a high school tshirt.