Flagship Friends

Each chancellor of the LSU System’s 11 institutions proposed a campus-by-campus budget reduction plan at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Chancellor Michael Martin said he plans to protect the academic core, Flagship status and as many campus jobs as possible. “Moving back the Flagship is a cost we cannot afford,” Martin said. Martin said the [...]

Students will see an increase in fees, the elimination of several scholarship programs, larger class sizes and elimination of student jobs if the University’s state support is cut by the proposed nearly $50 million, according to the University’s 2009-10 budget released Thursday afternoon. Submitted to the LSU System for review, the budget is the first [...]

For the letter, dated April 2, 2009, from Michael Martin, Chancellor to John Lombardi, System President detailing the proposed budget reduction for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (FY10) http://www.lsureveille.com/polopoly_fs/1.1640976!/budgetcuts.pdf

No matter which way it’s cut, the nearly $50 million budget reduction expected for next fiscal year will severely damage Louisiana’s flagship university, Chancellor Michael Martin emphasized Tuesday. The University is busy drafting its budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year in preparation for the House Appropriations Committee meeting on April 21. The tentative budget will [...]

The University administration is considering re-tooling academic college structures to foster collaboration and improve efficiency, LSU Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Astrid Merget said a broadcast e-mail sent Friday afternoon. Merget said these possible changes have been in the works for a while and are not a reaction to possible budget cuts. “There will some [...]

Members of the Board of Regents received anticipated higher education budget cut figures for the 2009-10 fiscal year on Wednesday, under which the LSU System would see a reduction in state funding of $102,087,705. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed state spending budget has higher education taking a $219 million reduction, on top of the now permanent [...]

Ryan Buxton Contributing Writer The Staff Senate is bracing itself for staff members to take a hit from the upcoming budget cuts. Budget concerns were the primary topic Wednesday at the Staff Senate’ meeting. Staff Senate President Patricia Beste told senators now is the time to prepare for the worst. “I want everyone to be [...]

Leslie Presnall Staff Writer Anne Howe attended the University when the Quad was a vast field of grass lined with dirt paths. The few cars on campus traveled down unpaved roads. Incoming male freshmen were required to shave their heads. And a scholarship then could only purchase a movie ticket today. “I remember how cheap [...]

Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope opens the monthly Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday afternoon. The issue of budget cuts dominated the meeting. Faculty Senate members and Student Government representatives broke away from traditional teacher-student discussions Tuesday at the monthly Faculty Senate meeting. While discussions of the programs being pioneered by the Office [...]

Kyle Bove Chief Staff Writer Student Government President Colorado Robertson met with Commissioner of Higher Education Sally Clausen on Tuesday to discuss the unfinished performance-based funding formula, tuition increases and the looming budget cuts. At a news conference Friday, Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed his executive budget and said he wants the $219 million cut to [...]