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re: Nicholls considering temporary closure
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:30 pm to public_enemy
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:30 pm to public_enemy
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What if you live in cut off or golden meadow.
Combined population of less than 10,000 people.
That mentality is one of the readings we have too many colleges. It's ridiculous when the entire state population is less than the city of Houston
(And people drive 2 hours from Katy to UH for school)
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 12:31 pm
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Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:30 pm to BRgetthenet
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They have high schools in Texas that would beat Nicholls in football.
And what does this have to do with closing the University itself?
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:32 pm to kingbob
SLU/SELU has the potential, just by annual enrollment alone to remain a successful university. The Teacher Ed. and Nsg schools are it's bread and butter...let it absorb an engineering dept, and make a strong Uni even better.
Shut down UNO.
Keep LSU, SLU, ULL, SU, ULM, Tech and...what else?
Tulane is private, yes? Hence not in discussion...
Shut down UNO.
Keep LSU, SLU, ULL, SU, ULM, Tech and...what else?
Tulane is private, yes? Hence not in discussion...
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:33 pm to public_enemy
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This literally may be the most ignorant thing I've read on here in a while.
then at least quote it to give me the credit
This idea that everyone needs a brick and mortar 4 year institution around the corner from their house is outrageous.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:34 pm to 19
If SELU could get a real engineering department it would be huge for the school.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:34 pm to kingbob
Southeastern has like 15k students. Tens of millions of dollars in support would have to go to LSU or UNO to accommodate that
SLU doesn't have anything in place that would support the extra 10k in UNO students, let alone the engineering facilities. Obviously the bigger schools have appeal, so people go there. Cut the smaller ones back or completely, and then reassess
SLU doesn't have anything in place that would support the extra 10k in UNO students, let alone the engineering facilities. Obviously the bigger schools have appeal, so people go there. Cut the smaller ones back or completely, and then reassess
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:38 pm to tunechi
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SELU is second to LSU in # of students
That would be UL Lafayette
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:39 pm to Hammertime
Just close Nicholls St., Northwestern St., Gambling, and SUNO. That would be plenty of cuts for now, and would affect the least amount of students.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:41 pm to southernelite
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Gambling
Ruston/Grambling, LA. Population less than 20,000. Two four-year universities.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:43 pm to TigerBait1127
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You don't have a university for the few hundred 35 year olds that can't move or commute. That's a waste of money
Nicholls has a lot more commuters than the occasional 35 year old going back to take some classes. I'd bet easily half of the students commute from outside of Thibodaux. Nicholls serves all of the Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, St. Mary Parishes. I'd say it's one of the small universities that would be toward the end of the list to shut down.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:44 pm to tunechi
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SELU is second to LSU in # of students
No it isn't. ULL is.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:44 pm to KG6
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Nicholls has a lot more commuters than the occasional 35 year old going back to take some classes.
That isn't what I said or responded to. Most of those people would be capable of attending, commuting, or moving to another university. You don't have a university for cutt off Louisiana or a fringe population. That is what I responded to
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I'd bet easily half of the students commute from outside of Thibodaux.
Cool
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:47 pm to LordSaintly
You don't close down the only public university in the biggest city in your state. The only schools that they should keep is LSU, UNO, SELU, Grambling, SU.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:48 pm to 504ByrdGang
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You don't close down the only public university in the biggest city in your state.
Sure you do if it warrants being closed or if it's benefits don't outweigh the costs. Combining other school's programs would make more sense
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:50 pm to 504ByrdGang
This is why we can't close any schools...
You can't justify why you should keep one over the others. There's no way you close Northwestern St. and McNeese and keep Grambling. Just no fricking way.
You can't justify why you should keep one over the others. There's no way you close Northwestern St. and McNeese and keep Grambling. Just no fricking way.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:50 pm to 504ByrdGang
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You don't close down the only public university in the biggest city in your state. The only schools that they should keep is LSU, UNO, SELU, Grambling, SU.
I'm not sure if you are serious or not, but you would have Grambling be the only school in Northern Louisiana, and would have no school in the Southwestern area of the state, while keeping UNO and SELU?
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:50 pm to 504ByrdGang
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The only schools that they should keep is LSU, UNO, SELU, Grambling, SU.
You would keep SU and Grambling, but close ULL, Tech, McNeese, Nicholls, and NSU???
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:53 pm to LordSaintly
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You would keep SU and Grambling, but close ULL, Tech, McNeese, Nicholls, and NSU??
i don't get it either
and i just saw this on FB
also i haven't heard the McNeese admin spew out any histrionic threats like the Nicholls' admin.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:56 pm to 504ByrdGang
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The only schools that they should keep is LSU, UNO, SELU, Grambling, SU.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:57 pm to ULL Cool J
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Closing a university would be akin to closing a plant in a community. A lot of the local economy is driven off it and politically it's not going to happen. A more realistic approach is to combine schools administratively, eliminate redundant programs/majors within close proximity, and return institutions to original missions. There has been a lot of scope creep over the last 40-50 years at most of the schools.
This.
You're not just shifting students, you're affecting the economy of any city where you closed down their university.
If you got rid of LSU and dispersed the students throughout the state, imagine what it would do to Baton Rouge. Not just the school infrastructure but all of the businesses that feed off of the school and student body.
You're talking about the same thing in every city that houses a university.
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