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re: Why is LSU ranked 2nd to last academically in the SEC?
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:58 pm to RadThibodeaux
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:58 pm to RadThibodeaux
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Sorry, I'm not writing a check to the alumni association for it to be pissed away on some jackarse sociology professor's salary. Funny how there's a brand new business school building and a large engineering building next door, but the same people producing jobless, unskilled labor b*tches about our education budget. It's pretty simple. No one is paying someone 100K a year to be a social worker so you think your crop of alums have the cash laying around to piss away degree machine programs, probably not.
As someone already said, you can designate where you want your donation to go. Also, I don't believe that the Alumni Association is the University's Endowment, but I could be wrong about how funds are intertwined there. It also sounds like you're under the assumption that if you are to donate you should only donate large sums of money. If the thousands of alumni gave a few hundred dollars per year, it's better than nothing.
In your eyes, are all degrees not containing to words "business" or "engineering" without value? Calling out social workers would be basically the same as saying an education degree is worthless and making you unhirable.
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I know. My point is the business and engineering schools are doing well. There's not much sense for me to give to the business school. They're fine.
You'll continue to hear b*tching from the vocal majority that produce nothing of note, i.e fine arts and social sciences. No amount of money will change that.
What a shitty attitude to have. I'm not saying you should donate to the general fund, but not donating to the college/school you're an alumnus of because they are "fine" is silly. Make them better with your tax-deductible donation.
It's clear LSU does a poor job of contacting alumni and getting word about on how donations are used and will benefit the university.
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Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:59 pm to papz
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Schools like Alabama and Auburn are recruiting and throwing lots of money at the kids who just quite didn't make the cut getting into UT here in Austin.
Yeah, and LSU needs leadership to understand how they can effectively throw their hat in this ring. 80% of out-of-state students at LSU come from TX, but it's a low % of total students in comparison to Bama, and probably Auburn and Arkansas. I would think OOS students = higher tuition = more funding = good news for LSU. Why not aggressively pursue these students and invest in making the area around campus more attractive (which is improving)
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:22 pm to Sasquatch Smash
quote:Exactly. I give to my old college for recruiting. I don't want it to go to scholarships because my ex is there now and gets 3 scholarships.
I'm not saying you should donate to the general fund, but not donating to the college/school you're an alumnus of because they are "fine" is silly. Make them better with your tax-deductible donation.
quote:I have never been contacted by LSU Alumni Association, and had to seek out the alumni association of my college since they hadn't contacted me
It's clear LSU does a poor job of contacting alumni and getting word about on how donations are used and will benefit the university.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:28 pm to Boo Krewe
the best students in my high school class (in Louisiana) went to Rice and Vanderbilt.
this supports the suggestion in a thread that the best ones go out of state.
this supports the suggestion in a thread that the best ones go out of state.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:40 pm to CelticDog
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the best students in my high school class (in Louisiana) went to Rice and Vanderbilt.
this supports the suggestion in a thread that the best ones go out of state.
This isn't unique to Louisiana and smart kids would be dumb to not consider attending elite institutions if they're admitted. LSU just needs to attract a higher percentage of these kids, but I don't really know how. As it stands, they can go to LSU for free and still won't attend. Maybe a stronger honors college program would help out. I was part of the honors program so my classes were with very smart kids who opted to not pursue elite schools they could've gotten into. Why did these kids choose to stay? What can LSU learn about them that can be used to attract similar students?
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:49 pm to Hammertime
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I have never been contacted by LSU Alumni Association, and had to seek out the alumni association of my college since they hadn't contacted me
But again, I don't believe that joining or donating to the LSU Alumni Association is necessarily giving funds to the overall LSU Endowment. I believe they are separate entities. Whereas, I believe that donating to your School's or College's alumni association does go to the Endowment.
I could very well be wrong about all of that.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:50 pm to CelticDog
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the best students in my high school class (in Louisiana) went to Rice and Vanderbilt.
this supports the suggestion in a thread that the best ones go out of state.
Well I came into the state to finish my degree...and I finished 5th out of the entire engineering college. I was also one of the best when I graduated High school though. That was in Iowa...not sure where they rank for high school education. Also, I went to ULL...not sure if that makes a difference.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:52 pm to Boo Krewe
Louisiana doesn't care about public education. Top to bottom. Last 8 years has seen Colleges and Universities cut by what, $700 million plus?
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:25 pm to Tigerbait46
Especially these days when a lot of the elite institutions give out generous financial aid because they have fat endowments.
20 years ago, you actually had a decision to make regarding going to LSU for free or going to a better university and taking on a lot of debt. For top students in 2016, that's no longer really part of the equation.
20 years ago, you actually had a decision to make regarding going to LSU for free or going to a better university and taking on a lot of debt. For top students in 2016, that's no longer really part of the equation.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 4:27 pm to papz
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Schools like Alabama and Auburn are recruiting and throwing lots of money at the kids who just quite didn't make the cut getting into UT here in Austin.
Auburn really isn't recruiting like Bama is, they want enrollment to remain smaller. However, there is a large alumni base in Atlanta, TX, and FL, so legacies are naturally swayed towards AU. Roughly 20% of AU's student body comes from those 3 states at any given time.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 4:49 pm to Scruffy
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Because LSU values sports more than it values education.
And even that is not working out
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