A state lawmaker is worried about the future of LSU Health Shreveport. The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved major organizational changes that include giving the Baton Rouge campus direct oversight of operations at its research institutions. Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly says the restructuring ends 25 years of local autonomy for LSU Health Shreveport.
Cut 13 (12) “…that concerns me.”
LSU Chancellor James Dalton says a unified research structure better positions LSU to compete for major grants and attract faculty.
Element USA announces it’s investing $850 million to build a rare earth and critical minerals refining facility in St. James Parish. According to the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, this facility will produce materials essential to advanced manufacturing, national defense, and energy technologies, and also create 200 new direct jobs.
A record 75-percent of Louisiana’s high school Class of 2024, graduated with early college credit, an increase of 11 percentage points from the Class of 2019. The goal is to reach 100-percent…
Cut 12 (11) “…workforce credential.”
That’s Tristan Denley with the Board of Regents, who says increasing dual enrollment participation is an important priority in Louisiana’s overall goal to improve educational attainment.
The LSU AgCenter and the Town of Jean Lafitte are teaming up to re-establish the firefly population. Colleen Crain reports.