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    Why the Name Change

    In the year 2000 when the University of Southwestern La changed it's name to the Univesity of Louisiana at Lafayette, I recall Dr. Ray Authement, who did not care one bit about about atheletics, saying the name would be crucial when applying for research grant dollars. In the academic world everyone goes by their official name and not the athletic branding. He said that we would no longer be Southwestern competing against Texas at Austin, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tennessee at Knoxville ....... We'd now share the same name with those schools which will somewhat level out the playing field.

    It looks like he was right about the research dollars.

    http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/...-Flagship-quot

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    Re: Why the Name Change

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    Forbes American Top Colleges 2018

    Tech number 3 in the state on the Forbes Top American Colleges list. Tulane number one, then LSU.

    National rank:
    Tulane 109
    LSU 192
    Tech 409

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    https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/...tate:Louisiana

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    Re: Why the Name Change

    kent, you are an idiot and you are not smart enough to know it.

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    Forbes? Very subjective. That's the opinion of one guy writing a story for an online publication. Kind of like rivals giving a recruit 3 or 4 stars.

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    Re: Why the Name Change

    UNO has slipped down the list some. There was a time when UNO was a "very good" school. Probably still is in many ways, I'm sure. Overall university rankings do not reflect the good and not-so-good in individual colleges and departments at schools. It also neglects to point out individual professors who are awesome at what they do.

    I had such a professor at NSU. Yes, the school in Natchitoches. Actually, I had two! One in economics, now at the Univ of Houston, and one in BASIC programming, now at Georgia Tech. I hold three degrees from NSU, BTW. It was convenient and when I worked for IP, they paid my tuition.

    My brother holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from USL. It was the only school in the region, at that time, offering a graduate degree in CS. My brother holds a BS in Math from Tulane, even though he took all the computer classes he could. Tulane did not offer degrees in computer-related disciplines back in the 1970's.

    What is now known as ULL is a good school. There's a young fellow there now for the start of his freshman year. He's from Natchitoches, a graduate of the Louisiana School, he holds an associate's degree earned at NSU via dual enrollment, and he is just 17 years old. He wanted to go to Tech to major in engineering. But after careful investigation he chose ULL becomes he also wants to get into "gaming." He tells me ULL offers programming in that field. ULL got a good one in him. He is brilliant.

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    Meanwhile NSU continues to slip deeper into the abyss. NSU has never been a "great" school, but was, for a time, more than adequate in some areas, like nursing, business, and education. "Good enough" I suppose. But now, due to their current leadership, NSU has fallen off the cliff and become a joke.

    Probably all state schools are suffering some setbacks, but NSU is excelling at decline. Tis a shame as it didn't have to happen.

    I do follow several Tech colleges via Facebook and Linked-In and am pleased to see some successes and improvements. Keep it rolling Tech!

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    Re: Why the Name Change

    you want to lift the quality of higher education in Louisiana? It's a simple formula, but it ain't gonna ever happen!

    Shutter and sell Grambling, Southern-Shreveport, Southern-NO, and LSU-E.
    Turn ULM, Nicholls, LSU-A, UNO and NSU into junior colleges with targeted offerings.
    Finally, quit putting educrats in the role of running the school...hire real businessmen and teams to run them.
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    Re: Why the Name Change

    Quote Originally Posted by CARTEK View Post
    you want to lift the quality of higher education in Louisiana? It's a simple formula, but it ain't gonna ever happen!

    Shutter and sell Grambling, Southern-Shreveport, Southern-NO, and LSU-E.
    Turn ULM, Nicholls, LSU-A, UNO and NSU into junior colleges with targeted offerings.
    Finally, quit putting educrats in the role of running the school...hire real businessmen and teams to run them.
    Yep!

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    Re: Why the Name Change

    Quote Originally Posted by CARTEK View Post
    you want to lift the quality of higher education in Louisiana? It's a simple formula, but it ain't gonna ever happen!

    Shutter and sell Grambling, Southern-Shreveport, Southern-NO, and LSU-E.
    Turn ULM, Nicholls, LSU-A, UNO and NSU into junior colleges with targeted offerings.
    Finally, quit putting educrats in the role of running the school...hire real businessmen and teams to run them.
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    Re: Why the Name Change

    Quote Originally Posted by CARTEK View Post
    you want to lift the quality of higher education in Louisiana?
    Finally, quit putting educrats in the role of running the school...hire real businessmen and teams to run them.
    A lot of people in academia had a fit when Rick Gallot, an attorney and businessman, was made president of Grambling State.

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