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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 27 2016, 09:52 AM (291 Views) | |
| secoer | Jan 27 2016, 09:52 AM Post #1 |
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http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/new...reener-pastures Just wondering how LSU gets an average of $16.5K per student and UNO is $12K per student. Is the states share per student greater for LSU? See last photo in the article. http://theadvocate.com/highered http://theadvocate.com/news/14621878-123/s...as-universities http://theadvocate.com/news/14603670-123/t...-of-opportunity http://theadvocate.com/news/14339688-123/s...-for-more-money http://theadvocate.com/news/13656467-123/u...r-since-katrina |
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| Slidell | Jan 29 2016, 06:55 PM Post #2 |
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I have been reading all of the articles in the series as they have come out. It's pretty disheartening, not just from UNO's standpoint, but also from the standpoint of a parent with children who are or nearing college-age. My oldest opted to go out of state. He wanted the experience of living away from home and living in another state. He didn't leave the state because of the level of higher education funding. But when I read articles like these, I can't help but feel he made the right decision to go to Florida State University. My middle son is in high school and will be faced with his decision in the next two years. I just hope Governor Edwards turns out to be a friend of higher education in the State. Goodness knows that Governor Jindal wasn't, despite all of the promise at the start of his tenure. |
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| Tpstr | Jan 30 2016, 12:56 AM Post #3 |
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My oldest is a freshman on the Lakefront this year. As much as it hurt me, I did try steering him somewhere else in La. on I10 West, simply because all three of those schools have more resources than us now. He even went to LSU for camps a couple of times, because I wanted him to see how the other half lived. But he wanted to stay home and ignored the old man's advice. ![]() So far, it's been a mix of a ride for him. He's not doing well so far, typical freshman problems mostly. I see lots of parallels from my days in the 80's, with some differences. Professors and staff are sometimes passionate, sometimes it's been beaten out of them. Scheduling has been a nightmare in some cases. Intro classes in his major are only offered at one time, which meant he had to arrange the rest of his life around those. Desired required classes in social studies and humanities are impossible to fit in, because they're only taught once per year, usually at the same time as the intro major ones. So we were left trying to re-arrange the whole thing twice once one class was unobtainable. At the same time, I do see more positive activity and people trying to make something from nothing than ever before. He's active in more groups at UNO than he ever was in high school. In some ways, he's got more access to tutoring and teachers than I ever did. Long story short, We desperately need more resources campus-wide, from academics to physical services. I just don't see where they'll come from in our present situation. |
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| Slidell | Jan 30 2016, 07:21 AM Post #4 |
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Today's article is about athletics. Some observations: Right or wrong UNO only spends 1.6% of its total budget on athletics subsidies while most of our peer schools are spending 5 to 7 percent. Our total athletic budget according to the article is approximately $5 million, lowest in the state among Division 1 schools. I wish they had interviewed someone other than Tim Ryan to get the UNO perspective. The article sorta paints him as a martyr who lost his job for suggesting UNO make the financially responsible move to D-3. I'd love to get Morel's take on the state of sports funding. And while it's not at all a politically correct question to ask right now while everyone is faced with more cuts, I'd like to know why we can fund athletics from the general fund at a rate closer to the average among the state schools. |
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| Tpstr | Jan 30 2016, 09:01 AM Post #5 |
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I thought the same thing about Ryan. Saving the program by crippling any chance of recruiting and success. Yay, thanks Tim, not. |
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