(TNS) — Between the Louisiana State University System, the University of Louisiana System and the Southern University System, students have 18 public schools — and 12 more within the Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges System — to choose from when considering where to earn a degree in the Bayou State.
Some Louisiana officials and higher education leaders say it’s time to reevaluate: Is that simply too many colleges, at least in their current form, for a state of approximately 4.6 million people?
“If you look at those metrics per pupil, it’s hard,” LSU System President Wade Rousse said at a press conference in February. “It’s hard to understand how it all works and how it’s sustainable.”…