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re: North LA Columnist Sam Hanna Jr.: "Grant Flagship Status to LA Tech University"
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:26 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:26 am to ragincajun03
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sucking money out of the public till
The state's higher ed funding formula has no distinction for LSU being the flagship university.
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Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:30 am to ragincajun03
Tech is fantastic 
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:31 am to ragincajun03
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would be for the Legislature to grant flagship status to La. Tech University.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:32 am to ragincajun03
Its probably the best and most valuable college in the state when it comes to producing jobs that stay in La.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:36 am to Tigeralum2008
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LA Tech is bursting at the seams. They need significant dollars to upgrade a multitude of campus systems and facilities. Their new engineering building is awesome.
It actually would be nice for someone other than Mr Davison to pay for some upgrades.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 8:37 am
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:39 am to skullhawk
Not exactly true. LSU has a higher cost reimbursement rate which was supposed to incentivize quality over quantity in undergraduate work and a focus on graduate studies and research. Beyond the formula, LSU enjoys a number of other policy advantages as the flagship ranging from program approvals to TOPS funding.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:41 am to Tigeralum2008
quote:LaTech needs to be razed and start over. It has a larger campus than LSU, but is just poorly laid out in comparison. It's just a hodgepodge of building architecture thrown in here and there, some of it just downright ugly. It certainly doesn't have the beauty of LSU's campus.
LA Tech is bursting at the seams.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:45 am to ragincajun03
I’m pretty sure Sammy is an LSU alum, too.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:48 am to White Bear
He is. Graduated in 92 I think. Was a couple of years ahead of me
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:53 am to White Bear
quote:Yep. Good guy and good writer. Was raised in the family newspaper bidness.
I’m pretty sure Sammy is an LSU alum, too.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 8:56 am to White Bear
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I’m pretty sure Sammy is an LSU alum, too.
He absolutely is, old row frat member and very much a supporter of The University. From knowing him, I would wager there is some use of hyperbole and this piece is coming from a place of deep frustration. And yes to whomever above said '92 - he was two years behind me.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:00 am to CAD703X
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La Tech is in Gods country.
If that's God's Country I can't imagine what hell looks like
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:16 am to HubbaBubba
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LaTech needs to be razed and start over. It has a larger campus than LSU, but is just poorly laid out in comparison. It's just a hodgepodge of building architecture thrown in here and there, some of it just downright ugly. It certainly doesn't have the beauty of LSU's campus.
Who cares what the buildings look like, if the roofs don’t leak, are absent mold, and can be heated and cooled they are superior to most of LSU .
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:23 am to Elleshoe
Many who support the current direction of the university regard this as a feature, rather than an unfortunate unintended consequence, but my 4 children, who would have been fourth generation LSU graduates, will never step foot on that campus as students.
How can I send them and my money to an institution that openly regards them as irredeemably evil, and demands that they see themselves that way?
The long-term impact on our entire state is going to be catastrophic. You thought we had brain drain before?
How can I send them and my money to an institution that openly regards them as irredeemably evil, and demands that they see themselves that way?
The long-term impact on our entire state is going to be catastrophic. You thought we had brain drain before?
This post was edited on 8/24/21 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:34 am to CasualBystander
Can you imagine what that school might have been if the state hadn't stupidly propped up NLU/ULM back in the day? The Monroe school became a 4-year university in 1950. It is 30 miles from Tech.
Instead of having one potential powerhouse school in N. La, the state got two middling ones.
It's not too late. Close ULM and pump those resources into Tech.
Instead of having one potential powerhouse school in N. La, the state got two middling ones.
It's not too late. Close ULM and pump those resources into Tech.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:37 am to ragincajun03
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Perhaps if the LSU board had not hired a man whose entire academic career was focused on peddling the silly narrative that every white SOB on the planet was a racist, lawmakers wouldn’t give LSU the cold shoulder.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:43 am to ragincajun03
Somehow things always just seem to get worse at LSU. I don't know how they find new ways to dig the ditch deeper, but they do. We really peaked around 2011 (academically)
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:45 am to HubbaBubba
You obviously haven’t been on campus recently. Major improvements taking place. More needs to be done but huge strides are being made.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:46 am to ragincajun03
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The irony of it all is the LSU people — those that hold high-paying jobs on the campus to do little or nothing — are simply dumbfounded
No. The irony is that those people will continue to get giant checks for doing nothing and the cuts will only frick over the students. There needs to be a formula where salaries are tied to real benchmarks like enrollment and academic and research achievements. You know. Like a real world business and not some public funded boondoggle.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 9:49 am to Old Money
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Somehow things always just seem to get worse at LSU. I don't know how they find new ways to dig the ditch deeper, but they do.
LSU is a microcosm of what is happening all over the USA.
"Hey, this amazing thing. This thing that everyone else in the world dies to be a part of...let's change it."
That is LSU. All the things that made LSU what it is are being torn down with the thinking that it doesn't matter.
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