re: The Advocate finally asks the question: Too many universities in La?

except SUNO really has no defenders. its the constant answer to starting to fix the problem.

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And this is why this debate never works. You can go through every post and see people defend their alma mater and/or city/region. IRL, this happens but by people with actual power/money, and therefore we get no where

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I would agree with shutting down a school in LC if it had more than one 4 year university no matter if it was my alma mater or not.

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I like how you are only going to use statistics from the city of Lake Charles instead of the entire area that McNeese services to fit your argument.

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Nearly 50% of UL Lafayette's applications for 2015 came from Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, can I include the population of New Orleans when determining the area that UL Lafayette services?

20% of applications from Baton Rouge, so can I include that population as well?

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Way too many. Louisiana needs 4-6main public universities.
LSU in BR
UNO in NOLA
UL-L an/or McNeese in SWLA
LSU-S in Shreveport
LaTech in Ruston

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I would argue that NSU provides better infrastructure than LSU-S and is a good enough geographical location to service the Northwestern part of the state as opposed to LSU-S.

If anything LSU-S should simply be a 2 year college to feed into the main campus or another 4 year school. No need for either LSUS or LSUA to have 4 year programs.

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I know NW state was pushing online for a while but i haven't seen much about it lately.

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They still are pushing the online programs.

I personally think the merger with BPCC was a tremendous move by the university. (You can now take BPCC class at NSU's main campus).

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Nearly 50% of UL Lafayette's applications for 2015 came from Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, can I include the population of New Orleans when determining the area that UL Lafayette services?

20% of applications from Baton Rouge, so can I include that population as well?

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Congrats on missing the point

i think SELU can be defended, but at the expense of Nichols

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When you look at the demographics of the state and the quickly deteriorating economic conditions of Baton Rouge, closing LSU makes far and away the most sense. It's the biggest expenditure on the higher ed budget. Shut down one campus and save the rest of the system. Simple as that.

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I honestly don't know very much about what degrees Nichols provides. I see the area they serve but i think UNO could handle taking that in. I think SELU needs a better admin that is interested in actually streamlining. It appears every school in the state has a hard line to not make a streamlined decision. They would rather throw dirt at each other and make broad cuts instead of cuts that could make the school a stronger place down the road.

Honestly though all of this discussion wont matter because JBE doesn't have what it takes to make the tough cut even though LA gov is the top of the stairs for him. I think it is more likely all schools take another hit and as discussed above they will just spread it across the school. In the end LA higher education will get worse and worse.

LSU could be rising to the top and the smaller schools could climb up as well with some tough but wise decisions. Instead of throwing dirt they should each carve out a unique spot.

Tech, Grambling, ULMonroe should all be combined into LA Tech.

Southern and Nichols shut down.

McNeese either shut down or combined into ULL

I'm honestly not trying to be incendiary. Where do you think the line is for the area that McNeese primarily services? Cameron to Beauregard and part of Allen?