Study says La Tech and LSU-S should merge
BY JORDAN BLUM
Capitol News Bureau
February 16, 2012
http://theadvocate.com/home/2083816-125/study-says-la-tech-and.html
LSU-Shreveport should merge with Louisiana Tech University within the nine-school University of Louisiana System, according to a new study released Thursday that was commissioned by Shreveport-area business leaders.
Consolidating the institutions would mean a larger Louisiana Tech with both Ruston and Shreveport campuses and the LSU affiliation would be lost. The LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport would not be directly affected.
The study was initiated out of concern that the higher education needs of the Shreveport-Bossier City region are not being met, while smaller Ruston is home to one of state’s best public universities in Louisiana Tech.
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