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Anyone seen the headline about budget problems at LSU?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:09 am
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:09 am
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They are talking a potential 35 percent budget reduction at LSU main campus. I think most of these shortfalls were projected before oil fell. Probably going to worsen with the decrease in royalties/taxes associated with < $60 barrel oil.
They are talking a potential 35 percent budget reduction at LSU main campus. I think most of these shortfalls were projected before oil fell. Probably going to worsen with the decrease in royalties/taxes associated with < $60 barrel oil.
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Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:20 am to Tridentds
Sports aside I don't like to see any major US institution in that type of situation. I work with some very sharp LSU folks and strong programs there are helpful to the O&G job market and Houston economy
This post was edited on 2/9/15 at 11:21 am
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:22 am to Tridentds
Sad if true. I bet Bobby has a plan though. He is going to put this on the table so that way tuition deregulation like we have in Texas looks like the more palatable option for voters.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:28 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
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Sports aside I don't like to see any major US institution in that type of situation. I work with some very sharp LSU folks and strong programs there are helpful to the O&G job market and Houston economy
Agree with you. I am in the O&G industry myself. Travel to West Africa and Rio/Macae 8-10 times a year and there is always plenty of LSU gear on the planes.
We do tailgate parties at A&M and plenty of our customers are LSU grads.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:33 am to Tridentds
It was on droppings several days ago. But the tigers are so friggin sensitive these days I didn't bring it over to the rant
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:36 am to Tridentds
I feel like I read in some of the LSU threads that there is some crazy arse law in Louisiana that says you can pretty much only cut money in the budget from education
This post was edited on 2/9/15 at 11:37 am
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:01 pm to Dr RC
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I feel like I read in some of the LSU threads that there is some crazy arse law in Louisiana that says you can pretty much only cut money in the budget from education
Makes sense. Same kind of reasoning when the Federal Government "shuts down" it closes parks and not some entitlement program.
The way Louisiana is run would shock a Texan. Corruption/crime in their leadership is pretty much expected, and there are entire groups of people there who basically exist in a culture of living off of government handouts as has been passed down generation by generation since Huey. I mean we are talking an 1800's style political machine. And this machine is smart, it knows how the bread is buttered, so they have a screwy setup in regards to cuts to make it so any entitlement cut hurts WAY more than it should so that no one ever does it.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 3:03 pm to Tridentds
That's some good troll bait right there that is.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 3:08 pm to betweenthebara
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hat's some good troll bait right there that is.
I purposely stayed off the main board to avoid that. Would have ended up being a pissing contest.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 3:11 pm to Tridentds
An Arky fan started one. The situation sucks, no public institution of higher learning should suffer because of a corrupt system. Jmo
Posted on 2/9/15 at 4:44 pm to Tridentds
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They are talking a potential 35 percent budget reduction at LSU main campus.
That's bad bull, regardless of football. Many of my coworkers are LSU grads and fine folks, good engineers with a good education. Hate to see this.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:22 pm to Tridentds
The whole state is having budget problems.
They've run in the hole six of the last seven years.
The main problem is they have too many campuses for too small a population.
First example: They have three universities (Grambling, Louisiana Tech, and Louisiana-Monroe) serving a geographic area about the size of DFW with a population about that of Bryan/College Station. Plus Louisiana Tech also offers classes in Monroe.
Second example: All three of their major metropolitan areas have two competing universities (New Orleans has Southern-NO and University of New Orleans, Baton Rouge has LSU and Southern, Shreveport has LSU-Shreveport and Southern-Shreveport. And Louisiana Tech offers classes in Bossier City at Barksdale.)
By comparison, DFW has five public universities (UTA, UTD, UNT, UNT-Dallas, and Texas Woman's) serving a much larger area (this doesn't count some courses offered by A&M-Commerce in Mesquite).
They've run in the hole six of the last seven years.
The main problem is they have too many campuses for too small a population.
First example: They have three universities (Grambling, Louisiana Tech, and Louisiana-Monroe) serving a geographic area about the size of DFW with a population about that of Bryan/College Station. Plus Louisiana Tech also offers classes in Monroe.
Second example: All three of their major metropolitan areas have two competing universities (New Orleans has Southern-NO and University of New Orleans, Baton Rouge has LSU and Southern, Shreveport has LSU-Shreveport and Southern-Shreveport. And Louisiana Tech offers classes in Bossier City at Barksdale.)
By comparison, DFW has five public universities (UTA, UTD, UNT, UNT-Dallas, and Texas Woman's) serving a much larger area (this doesn't count some courses offered by A&M-Commerce in Mesquite).
This post was edited on 2/10/15 at 9:28 pm
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