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

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Also, good luck getting a politician to say publicly that he wants to shut down a "historically black" University

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They would be shutting them down because they were "historically black"

They'd be shutting them down due to them "currently failing"
And having "presently abysmal graduation rates".

The 5 Parish area of SWLA consisting of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis.

Yes, I know some from Jefferson Davis go to ULL also so it could be a toss up to include it. You also have several from Vernon Parish that go to McNeese because it's closer for the ones in the Southern part of the Parish vs going to Alexandria or Northwestern.

That's servicing around 300K+ people.

Realistically, I think we're too far gone to completely eliminate a significant number of campuses, aside from SUNO, which JBE already said he wasn't going to pursue. The more politically viable thing is to greatly cut and merge programs to try and save costs.

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Realistically, I think we're too far gone to completely eliminate a significant number of campuses, aside from SUNO, which JBE already said he wasn't going to pursue.

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Would be suicide for that guy but SUNO is an embarrassment for this state. It's a complete sham that SUNO takes any money from this state. Has their graduation rate gotten above 5% yet?

JBE has no other step to go. He is only the gov because bobby managed to be disaster and the republicans ran hooker dave.

I think any deal to consolidate universities would get snagged because no school will voluntarily go first when the worst school and second worst get to stay open.

the only way someone might consider it would be getting sucked into the LSU system.

Its going to be more of the same in la as far as higher education. The best option is fixing the state constitution.

FWIW I think JBE is either recalled or a one term gov. If he gets his tax raises like he wants then i see a recall in his future. He should have come in talking about trying to fix the state constitution.

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Lafayette is only 45 min from LSU

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somebody hasn't made the drive across that bridge lately. LSU is 45 min from the Lobdel exit most of the time.

I would have guessed lake Charles and Monroe to be about the same size without looking

I'd vote for that as a starter course, with adjustments being made as needed after 3-5 years

Keep:
LaTech
Northwestern
McNeese
LSU
SLU


Close:
Grambling
ULM
LSU-E
LSU-A
Nicholls
SU
SUNO

Shreveport would still have Centenary and could pick up some of the locals not willing to drive to Ruston. Same goes for LA College by closing LSU-A.

There are enough private schools as it is.

HBCU? Times have changed folks, and you're either for integration or segregation so which is it? Your retention rates suck, and being a day-care for people wanting to say they went to college, buh-bye. If you can't make it at a regular 4-year school, you won't make it in the real world either.

Summary: not everyone can be an astronaut, and not everyone needs to go to college. Vo-tec and 2-year schools can educate half the people in most 4-year schools. If you're not willing to sacrifice for an education by having to drive more than an hour to get to class, maybe you don't want to sacrifice enough.