Which college campus in Louisiana is ranked the best? For the answer, here’s Joe Gallinaro.
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Governor Landry says teachers will get their stipend for next school year, one way or another. Andrew Greenstein has some insight.
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Which college campus is ranked number one in Louisiana? According to the college search website Niche (“nish”), that honor goes to Southeastern Louisiana University. The website especially noted the quality and affordability of Southeastern’s on-campus dining. President Dr. William Wainwright says it’s an honor the entire school can be proud of.
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Southeastern was also recognized for its housing, diversity and social scene, which Dr. Wainwright says all contribute to student achievement.
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Wainwright says the intimate campus atmosphere makes for a much better academic experience for students.
The next four in Niche’s top five are – in order – Tulane, U-L Lafayette, Northwestern State and LSU Alexandria.
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At the SEC Spring Meetings, Commissioner Greg Sankey said the league will not take a firm stance this week on expanding the College Football Playoff from 12 to 24 teams. Sankey says instead, they will use the meetings to brief university leaders and coaches on the pros and cons of an expansion…
College football leaders have until December 1st to decide if they want to expand the C-F-P to 24 teams, 16 teams or stay at 12 for the 2027 season. The Big 10, ACC and the Big 12 have all said the C-F-P should expand to 24 teams and there are also SEC coaches who support it as well. Sankey says he prefers an expansion to 16 teams over 24 teams…
Based on polling, a vast majority of college football fans oppose a 24-team playoff, while coaches might support it because if they can make the playoff, it provides more job security. Sankey says right now, every regular season game in college football game matters that could change if the C-F-P is expanded to 24 teams…
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Governor Jeff Landry tells public school teachers at a press conference that the state will indeed plan to fund a stipend as part of their salary for the next school year. Landry says as lawmakers will approve a budget in the coming days and once the spending plan, hits his desk, they will decide how to pay for the two-thousand dollar stipend for the coming school year…
Landry says they have time, because the stipends are not distributed until December.
There is currently no state funding for the stipend or permanent pay raise, because Constitutional Amendment 3 failed at ballot box on May 16th.
Landry also announced the formation of a bipartisan MFP permanent pay raise task force.
Senate President Cameron Henry says he will introduce a Senate Concurrent Resolution to study and develop a new MFP formula. Henry says there’s no reason not to find money to increase teacher pay when funding for public education has gone up and student enrollment has declined…