The Nary may have chosen to diminish its profile with the move to D3, but there is still a market for small liberal arts colleges, and Centenary is still a very good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by hisaw
You oughta give Methodists more credit.
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The Nary may have chosen to diminish its profile with the move to D3, but there is still a market for small liberal arts colleges, and Centenary is still a very good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by hisaw
You oughta give Methodists more credit.
Whew...I don't want to open up that bucket of worms! That's the last thing I want is a bunch of liberal arts Weslian Methodist on my Baptist @$$!Quote:
Originally Posted by hisaw
It's not just that Centenary's administration decided to diminish their athletics profile. It's that Centenary's enrollment has dwindled to only 805 students. Just last year Centenary had to cut their degree offerings in half from 48 degree programs to only 24 degree programs. Over the past decade in the US News & World Report rankings, Centenary has fallen from a top 50 liberal arts college down to #171. Tech is actually more selective than Centenary now (61% acceptance at Tech vs. 64% acceptance at Centenary). I don't think Centenary is sustainable at this rate. If Centenary doesn't find a way to reverse the trend, Louisiana Tech could very well acquire Centenary as our liberal arts campus in the future. Centenary College of Louisiana Tech University. There is precedent for this as Eva Klein talked about how Rutgers acquired her alma mater as their liberal arts campus. I think a public liberal arts campus would thrive in Louisiana since we don't have one. It's really hard to justify paying so much tuition for a private liberal arts education in Louisiana in our current economy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
The Shreveport Times: Tech, LSUS merger bill advances
The Baton Rouge Advocate: Proposal to merge colleges clears education committee
The NOLA Times-Picayune: LSUS and LA Tech merger gets initial approval (Note: Dr. Rozeman, Shreveport cardiologist)
Four opinion pieces based in sound logic and reasoning in The Times today:
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...er-legislation
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...rger-LSUS-Tech
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...gher-education
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...gions-identity
One uninformed opinion that makes no sense in The Times today:
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...ech-takes-LSUS
The LSUS students are clueless. I really feel bad for them. Some think that we are trying to close down their campus! That's ridiculous. The whole idea behind the merger is to GROW the campus. Tech has no incentive to kill it and every incentive to grow the Shreveport campus. The LSUS administration and SGA have FAILED their student body by spreading these ridiculous rumors. I don't know if you can fault their newspaper because of the lies coming from the "leaders" at LSUS. The Shreveport Media (The Times and tv stations) are doing nothing to get the facts to the citizens of northwest Louisiana. That's pathetic journalism.
http://www.ksla.com/story/18188078/b...-tech-advances
Tech... the bad guy...Quote:
Originally Posted by MiloBumP
http://www.ktbs.com/sports/LSUS-Base...z/-/index.html
It would also make sense for NSU to takeover LSUA and ULL to gobble up LSUE. Especially since LSU is trying to divest itself from these burdensome satelites.
I spoke with some powers-that-be at NSU recently and floated this idea. They love it! There is no love lost between NSU and LSUA. LSUA represents a threat to NSU, competing for students and limited resources. So, NSU would dearly love to eliminate it as a rival. What better way then by taking it over!
But! and herein lies the HUGE difference and is reflective as to why Tech has grown, while other state universities wallow. NSU will only consider taking over LSUA if LSUBR asks them to. They are so afraid to offend "big brother". Amazing...
Again, people are missing the point. The merger goes BOTH ways. Tech picks up a real baseball program to replace the crappy one we have now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
None of your merger ideas are similar to our situation with Tech, LSUS, and NW Louisiana.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
The problem is that Northwestern State does not have Tech's statewide mission. NWST is designated as a regional school by the Board of Regents so I doubt they would approve it. NWST is not a national research university, and they do not have the innovation capacity that Tech has. I don't see NSU creating higher paying jobs and boosting business and bringing industry to Alexandria with their degree programs. NWST produces nurses and teachers, not engineers and innovators. Remember, Tech did not initiate this. The NW Louisiana business community wanted better, and that's why they approached Tech.
LSU-E is a juco, and Eunice is not a metro area. What's the point of ULL taking them over?
The way I see it is that the opponents of the merger are kinda like the loyalists during the Revolutionary War. They live to serve their own, either misinformed or selfish, purposes. They worship a far away power that they think likes them, while it actually looks down on them while sniggering.
On the other hand the supporters are kinda like the rebel soldiers during the same war. They are trying to help a region throw off a yoke placed on it by a self righteous power far away that has no care for what does the region good.
It is most definitely an uphill battle to get the stubborn "loyalists" to understand that we "rebels" are only trying to help.
The point is to save money! That's the point.
LSU Chancellor may take Colorado State Job: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20120509/NEWS0402/120509003/LSU-chancellor-approached-about-another-job?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Being the chancellor of the flagship may not be that good of a job. Emmert left for Washington, not sure what happened to O'Keefe and Martin may leave for CSU.
I think over the last 10 years his Cardiology practice has thrived in Minden to the point where the majority of his patients are seen there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
WTF did I just read?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
That makes no sense:
Also their is an asinine comment on the KSLA page...
I suggest everyone go comment on the pro merger articles, right now we are driving up the popularity of the opponents opinions and they are getting top headlines...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Just posted this response to the S'port times opinion letter:Quote:
Originally Posted by GermDawg
At the time of LSUS' founding in 1967 (and move to a 4-year university in 1972) there were two public universities within approximately an hour of Shreveport that had been around since the 1800's (Northwestern State - 1884 and Louisiana Tech - 1894). Shreveport students who wanted to go to a local public university within a reasonable distance already had options to do so. My personbal belief was that Shreveport wanted an affiliation with the flagship university - LSU. Skip ahead 40 years and the landscape has changed. Money is tight,there are too many 4-years universities in Louisiana, and the demands of the local economy have changed to require more technical and research components. Again I ask the question, if LSUS is not meeting the needs of the local economy, which makes more sense: (1) invest money the state does not have to build technical and research programs from scratch at LSUS, or (2) merge LSUS with Louisiana Tech, the Tier 1, doctoral, research university 1 hour to the east?
People need to forget about what is best for them as individuals, but what is best for the future of Shreveport and Louisiana. This includes fiscal and educational considerations. Louisiana is frequently mocked for itseducational decisions and the quality of education it provides. We have an opportunity here to show the state and the nation that we know what is best for our state's educational needs and that we have the consitution to make the tough decisions when they are necessary. The right decision is not always the easy decision.