Post by pavel on Jan 24, 2016 23:00:09 GMT -6
How startling, unique cuts have transformed Louisiana's universities
When Gov. Bobby Jindal took office eight years ago, state taxpayers provided 60 percent of the funding for Louisiana’s public universities.
Now, taxpayers put up barely a quarter of the tab, leaving students and their families to cover most of the gap in the form of rising tuition and fees.
The scope of Louisiana’s disinvestment is both startling and unique. The national recession that began in 2008 forced every state in the union to cut money for colleges and universities, but most have reversed course with an improving economy.
Not Louisiana, which, according to national surveys, has cut higher education funding more than any other state since the slowdown began. State aid to universities here has been slashed by 53 percent.
In making those cuts, Jindal and the state Legislature reversed more than a decade of bipartisan efforts to raise the profile of Louisiana’s universities.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/14621878-123/special-report-how-startling-unique-cuts-have-transformed-louisianas-universities .
When Gov. Bobby Jindal took office eight years ago, state taxpayers provided 60 percent of the funding for Louisiana’s public universities.
Now, taxpayers put up barely a quarter of the tab, leaving students and their families to cover most of the gap in the form of rising tuition and fees.
The scope of Louisiana’s disinvestment is both startling and unique. The national recession that began in 2008 forced every state in the union to cut money for colleges and universities, but most have reversed course with an improving economy.
Not Louisiana, which, according to national surveys, has cut higher education funding more than any other state since the slowdown began. State aid to universities here has been slashed by 53 percent.
In making those cuts, Jindal and the state Legislature reversed more than a decade of bipartisan efforts to raise the profile of Louisiana’s universities.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/14621878-123/special-report-how-startling-unique-cuts-have-transformed-louisianas-universities .