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Louisiana Legislators Introduce Bill to Merge SUNO and UNO Campuses
by Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press , April 18, 2011
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lawmakers proposing the consolidation of the historically Black Southern University at New Orleans with the largely White campus of the University of New Orleans are recommending a merger more sweeping than the idea backed by state higher education leaders.
The measure by House Speaker Jim Tucker and Sen. Conrad Appel, both Republicans, would create a new University of Louisiana at New Orleans in the University of Louisiana System.
But while the Board of Regents, the state's top higher education panel, backed a proposal that would keep the schools with separate academic officers and accreditations, the bill filed for consideration and supported by Gov. Bobby Jindal would require the merged campuses to seek one accreditation and one academic chief.
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Louisiana Legislators Introduce Bill to Merge SUNO and UNO Campuses
by Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press , April 18, 2011
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lawmakers proposing the consolidation of the historically Black Southern University at New Orleans with the largely White campus of the University of New Orleans are recommending a merger more sweeping than the idea backed by state higher education leaders.
The measure by House Speaker Jim Tucker and Sen. Conrad Appel, both Republicans, would create a new University of Louisiana at New Orleans in the University of Louisiana System.
But while the Board of Regents, the state's top higher education panel, backed a proposal that would keep the schools with separate academic officers and accreditations, the bill filed for consideration and supported by Gov. Bobby Jindal would require the merged campuses to seek one accreditation and one academic chief.
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