LSU’s Memorial Tower pictured on March 20, 2023. (Matthew Perschall/Louisiana Illuminator)
As Louisiana bleeds educated young people to other states, LSU wants to give them a reason to stay.
The LSU Honors College has historically been an add-on option for qualifying students’ existing degree paths, allowing them to take classes that typically have fewer students and more focused subject matter. But the program has struggled to retain students as they matriculate. The value of being an LSU honor graduate has not always been enough to outweigh the effort needed for the required thesis…