Who Wants to be a University President in Louisiana


The Founder

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@Kenn Rashad I think this supports your point. @JAG89 this is what we try to get individuals from Mississippi to understand.

http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/ne...o-wants-college-president-louisiana/91852034/

Nearly a decade of state budget cuts, tuition hikes, layoffs and lack of raises also make it hard to lead higher ed in Louisiana.

While the American Council on Education put the average tenure of an American college president at seven years in 2011, in Louisiana terms have been shorter.

Some officials argue that short terms can lead to "yo-yo policies" and overall instability on campus that is felt from top administrators to students. Shorter terms also mean less time to complete a president's mission and follow through on promises.

"(A president every year or two) is not the goal," Reneau said. "That does not lead to stability. I saw that very real at Grambling State University. Students feel disenfranchised maybe from yo-yo policies from different presidents every year."

  • Joseph Savoie has been president at University of Louisiana for eight years, starting in 2008. Among three of the state's public higher education systems, Savoie has been leading an institution the longest.
  • Coming in at a close second, John Crain became interim president of Southeastern Louisiana University in 2008 and officially the president a year later. Leaders of McNeese State and University of Louisiana at Monroe have been in place six years.
  • But the UL System also has several new presidents. The latest was named in July with Rick Gallot at Grambling, but Northwestern State is soon to enter a search for its next president.
  • More than half of the system’s presidents have been in that position three years or less. Two were named this year — UNO’s in March and Grambling’s in July.
  • That trend continues through other higher ed systems in the state. Of the four current leaders of the LSU System, the longest-serving came to the system in 2013. The system currently is in a search for LSUA’s next president.
  • Each chancellor in the Southern University System has been in that position less than two years. The system currently is in a search for SUNO’s next president.
 
This mainly happens when Republicans are in control on the state level. Since the days of court order desegregation/Brown vs. the Board of Education, they have done everything in their power to reduce funding for public education. Once Jindal took office, he tried his best to completely eliminate public education all together, which included eliminating public funds for LSU. Due to the fact that LSU was so drastically effective by Jindal's policies, Louisiana is now looking for other means of funding its colleges and universities. Louisiana has placed Constitutional Amendment 2 on its ballot to allow its colleges and universities to operate more like a business. This would allow Louisiana's colleges and university more authority to set tuition and fees. IMO, although Jindal tried his best to destroy Louisiana higher education system, it probably somewhat backfired on him, because finally Constitutional Amendments are now being considered which should have been considered a long time ago. I hope Jindal's destructive policies have somewhat changed some of those necks in Louisiana that Republicans are bad for the states economy. Maybe one day Louisiana would be more like a state like Virginia, which is a bunch of necks who realizes what is best in their interest when it comes to politics.

College presidents: Amendment 2 vital to higher ed
http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/ne...sidents-amendment-2-vital-higher-ed/92881694/
 
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