re: So LSU has over $700 million dollars in deferred maintenance costs.

LSU publishes a "Fall facts" release each year detailing out their expenditures as well as enrollment/grad rates

ETA: I was mistaken with the figures. The 2016 Facts sheet broke down restricted/unrestricted into separate line items


LSU Fall Facts

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That was actually voted on by students, and a fee was tacked on specifically for it

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That is true, but they easily could have increased tuition without asking the students, and instead of adding onto the UREC used the money for maintenance.

When you see massive projects like the apartment projects surrounding Kirby Smith, the Gateway project, the Barnes and Nobles/parking garage, Patrick Taylor upgrade, UREC, the Business College which all have been recently built and you consider the remodeling done to the Music building, French House, Student Union, multiple dorm upgrades, and all the smaller projects you realize that LSU has seen a lot of construction and replacement projects already.

And I didn't include athletic department projects or TAF projects on that list.

LA has too many higher education institutions. Close some down.

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When you see massive projects like the apartment projects surrounding Kirby Smith, the Gateway project, the Barnes and Nobles/parking garage, Patrick Taylor upgrade, UREC, the Business College which all have been recently built and you consider the remodeling done to the Music building, French House, Student Union, multiple dorm upgrades, and all the smaller projects you realize that LSU has seen a lot of construction and replacement projects already.

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Blame your state legislators! They easily appprove public/private projects such as the ones you listed. however no private party wants to help raise money for building maintenance

Nor will students approve a fee to be added on for what is very reasonably expected to be a state funding obligation

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2004's Operations and Maintenance line item was $40M 2016's Operations and Maintenance line item was $60M This is an absolute reflection of state higher ed budget cuts

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FIFY

LINK

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Expenditures in 2004 approx. 593.6 Million dollars (education and general + auxillary enterprises)

2016 994.7 million in expenditures (ed and gen+ aux. ent.)

Now I don't know if they have kept up with inflation, or with their mission, but using the link you posted LSU spent approximately 400 million more than they did in 2004 which is about a 67% increase.

I'm curious if they will hold up their offer when I transferred to LSU. They said (2 years ago) that whenever it was finished, whatever time the facilities weren't at full capacity whenever I was in school, they would allow me free usage as a graduate to make up the difference

I have a feeling that won't be as easy as they said it would be

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This is some Student Union level shite.

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Union issue was lack of as-builts. There is so much shite underground around the center of campus that no one knows is there.

You can't use monies designated for one thing for another. And they do increase tuition by around $500/semester now

They add random fees or tuition, whatever you want to call it. Everyone has to pay the same total before paying for their specific college fees. The college fees don't usually increase. The University fees /tuition do every semester

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junkfunky

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My buddy was in charge of the environmental side of demo at the union. Pretty much everything was fricked and had to be professionally removed and cleaned. It wasn't just a tear down