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

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Did this guy really just suggest closing LSU? The way it fuels the state's economy is enough to defend it. No politician who wants to continue to work in the state of Louisiana would even think about this anyways.

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Yes. This guy did. It fuels the state's economy to the point that the Louisiana university system is on the verge of collapse? Right. Gotcha.

LSU has the most dropouts of any LA university, which means the most TOPS money going towards nothing, the most student debt racked up with nothing to show in return.

The areas around the main campus is a cesspool of all the worst Louisiana has to offer.

If they don't close it, they should at least defund it to close several departments to discourage students only interested in the school's letters from enrolling. Help cut revenue for all the slumlords in the surrounding area. Let the area die a slow, natural death.

I guess that's one way to make Southeastern relevant.

Downvote coming your way

Kill LSU, and you kill BR

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SUNO - UNO into UNO

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We don't want the faculty, the campus, or the students. It would be a net negative for UNO. Completely sell SUNO and use the money to hire teachers at UNO. That's the only area we're lacking

"LSU shelved Pharmacy in the late 50's" I think that was Loyola, not LSU

A good example of hard choices caused by foolish decisions made in the past, but I would start by getting rid of graduate programs, especially at the smaller schools, closing SUNO, and combining places like Tech, ULM, and Grambling, mainly getting rid of non-teaching (and including athletic) positions at two of those three. I also never understood having LSU-A as a four year school. If something has to close, it should be near the top of the list.

When cutting graduate areas, look at those with few students and little outside funding.

Any cutting or closing attempts will be a war at the legislature. What we actually need is another constitutional convention to fix some of the locked in revenue situations.

Well you don't get rid of the only life support you have. You work on improving that and diversifying.

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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, and seem to have ramped it up a bit. They offer some solid online degree programs as an alternative to commuting.

Another consideration is that Northwestern also has a campus in Leesville. It is primarily nursing, but also offers the 2 year basics, and serves Fort Polk as well. Enrollment is small and the nursing program duplicates something they already have an hour away on the Natchitoches campus. It would be a drop in the bucket, but is another consideration as a place to start.

It may seem disloyal, being an NSU grad, but it is pretty redundant. Also, can we hold off on closing or scaling back Northwestern until May after I finish this second degree?

All this talk on NW and SU bring about another issue in my opinion.

What will the new acceptance rates be. I may have to start a spin off on this issue alone. The reason some of these schools are relevant is that some people have no other choice.

I could only get into McNeese, ULL, or SUBR for engineering grad school. I never tried UNO cause I not used to metropolis driving. And after my "situation " I damn sure wasn't going back to Tech.

Everyone can't make it at a Tier One school. And those that do aren't always happy with their degrees.