Louisiana Board Of Regents

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's top higher education board has voted to back a consolidation of Southern University at New Orleans and the University of New Orleans under a new management structure.

The longest serving member of the Louisiana Board of Regents, Roland Toups, has voluntary resigned amid pressure from the Jindal administration to make the board more diverse.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state's top college governing board is continuing its search for a new higher education commissioner with no definite timeline for choosing someone.