I received this e-mail and have been meaning to report about it, for the interest of Louisiana faculty.
The Board of Regents has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming legislative session. The following link is to a story in the Baton Rouge Advocate.
This quotation is from that story:
“Leaders of Louisiana higher education are seeking more money for new projects than usual because of the state’s estimated multibillion-dollar budget surplus. The recommendations to the Governor’s Office include fully funding the state’s higher education funding formula for the first time since 1981, increasing faculty pay by 5 percent and starting a student financial aid program based on need, not academics.”
The need based financial aid program is especially good news. But I have not been watching, so I do not know how we got this budget surplus, or how the state may be planning to use it to benefit New Orleans.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 