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Southern strategy*to bring in students
BY KORAN ADDO
Capitol news bureau
July 08, 2012
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Southern University will compete for a share of Baton Rouge’s community college market this fall as part of a strategy to boost sagging enrollment.
The student numbers have dipped during the past several years with the introduction of tougher state admissions standards.
The state has warned the strategy could backfire when it comes time to assess the performance measures used to divvy up state funding for schools — a concern a spokesman within the Southern System downplayed on Friday.
The plan calls for Southern University at Shreveport, a two-year community college known as SUSLA, to operate a satellite location on the Southern system’s Baton Rouge campus.
Students who don’t meet the admissions criteria to get into Southern can still get on campus by enrolling in remedial, or developmental courses through SUSLA.
In other words, participating students would take classes taught by SUSLA-hired instructors, pay tuition and apply for financial aid through the Shreveport school, but be physically located on the Baton Rouge campus.
http://theadvocate.com/home/3281831-125/southern-strategyto-bring-in-students
BY KORAN ADDO
Capitol news bureau
July 08, 2012
0 COMMENTS
Southern University will compete for a share of Baton Rouge’s community college market this fall as part of a strategy to boost sagging enrollment.
The student numbers have dipped during the past several years with the introduction of tougher state admissions standards.
The state has warned the strategy could backfire when it comes time to assess the performance measures used to divvy up state funding for schools — a concern a spokesman within the Southern System downplayed on Friday.
The plan calls for Southern University at Shreveport, a two-year community college known as SUSLA, to operate a satellite location on the Southern system’s Baton Rouge campus.
Students who don’t meet the admissions criteria to get into Southern can still get on campus by enrolling in remedial, or developmental courses through SUSLA.
In other words, participating students would take classes taught by SUSLA-hired instructors, pay tuition and apply for financial aid through the Shreveport school, but be physically located on the Baton Rouge campus.
http://theadvocate.com/home/3281831-125/southern-strategyto-bring-in-students