More talk, but no action on TOPS changes
Louisiana's free college tuition program called TOPS carries a hefty price tag in a state budget that has been throttled with cuts.
View ArticleJindal issues budget cuts for 2013-14 fiscal year
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has laid out plans to strip $46 million in state funds from next year's budget, largely from higher education and health services, to finish balancing the spending...
View ArticleState hopes to lure former residents
The Board of Regents, the state's top higher education panel, is hoping to entice thousands of Louisiana college graduates who left the state to return home and fill what is expected to be a wave of...
View ArticleLa. remedial college education study extended
The Louisiana Board of Regents has extended a study of remedial education in community colleges and universities.
View ArticleLa. education leader loses bid for Florida job
Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell has been passed over for a job leading Florida's state university system.
View ArticleLa. higher education commissioner plans to quit
Louisiana's higher education commissioner said Wednesday that he won't seek a contract renewal when his current deal as the state's chief policy leader for public colleges ends in March.
View ArticleState money running low for higher education
Louisiana's higher education leaders are trying to work out a financing deal to keep the state's public colleges from running low on state cash to operate their campuses.
View ArticleQuiet exit for La. higher education commissioner
Jim Purcell, who served as commissioner of higher education for three years, walked away from the job March 20 with little fanfare.
View ArticlePurcell named RI higher education commissioner
Rhode Island officials have chosen Louisiana's former higher education commissioner to lead the state's college system.
View ArticleSearch begins for La. higher education leader
The Board of Regents has started a national search to find Louisiana's next higher education commissioner, with a goal to hire a new leader by October.
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