MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press WriterFaculty & StaffProtest Against Budget Cuts Held at LSUThe latest round of college budget cuts, combined with threats of still more to come, provoked protest Tuesday from LSU faculty and students and a burgeoning movement that promised more organized opposition when negotiations on next year’s budget begin.January 20, 2010StudentsBlack College Advocate Questions Funding Formula for Southern University CampusesWhile serving as an appointee on a panel examining ways to overhaul Louisiana public college systems, the president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education questioned whether state funding practices are fair to the historically Black schoolsSeptember 30, 2009Community CollegesLouisiana Needs More Two-year College Grads, State Labor Official SaysThe Louisiana Workforce Commission executive director told state officials that, while Louisiana has a surplus of residents with four-year college degrees, the state needs to dramatically increase two-year graduates in vocational training and community college programs.September 29, 2009STEMLa. Higher Education Panel Begins Overhaul StudyA new commission charged with finding ways to overhaul Louisiana’s public college systems began its work Monday with recommendations from Gov. Bobby Jindal and a grim review of the state’s budget woes.August 11, 2009Page 1 of 1
