During the 2025-26 school year at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, financial issues have begun to climb, leading to many changes around campus.

The College of the Arts has had their budget cut by 40%. The yearly budget that is allocated to the college is generally completely released on July 1.

Due to the current funding problems at UL Lafayette, the administration only released 60% of the budget to the College of the Arts.

Once the financial crisis begins to be resolved, the decision to allocate the last 40% of the money back to the college will be revaluated…

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