The University of Louisiana has announced it's now offering in-state tuition to anyone with a parent who has at least an associate degree from any public or private college or university in the state.
My son is a high school senior, and my stomach lurched when the Louisiana legislature essentially laid waste to the TOPS program. Like many parents, I am searching for alternate ways to pay for college. His guidance counselor gave us the link to a nifty website featuring several odd scholarships I didn't know about! Who knew they offered a scholarship just for being funny? Or tall?
Foil's amendment, if it passes the Legislature, and the people's vote, would get rid of the current requirement under law that both chambers of the Louisiana have to have a two-thirds vote of the members to increase fees at colleges and universities.
The UL System announced that they are increasing tuition by a measure of ten percent. That means that things will be seeing a big increase for people in the area that want to get a better education.
Locally, UL is a fine school and educates people in all sorts of fields...
A 10 percent tuition hike was approved by the University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors for all nine campuses in the system for the 2013-14 school year.
Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell said Louisiana is the only state in the country in which a two-thirds vote of the legislature is required to set tuition rates.
The Senate Budget Committee has quietly killed legislation that would limit the salaries of college system presidents and chancellors, to no more than 10% over the Southern Regional Education Board average salary.
A measure that would give a larger tax break to parents who pay private school tuition and other school expenses has been given final legislative passage.
Governor Bobby Jindal proposed budget is asking for 98-million-dollars in new tuition and fee hikes for higher education to make up for a 290-million-dollar loss in federal funding.