Guest Commentary: Higher Admission Standards Provide Compelling Case for SUNO-UNO Merger

By Editor

05/05/2011

Higher admission standards for Louisiana's colleges are set to all but wipe out the student body of Southern University at New Orleans, since almost 80 percent of current students would no longer qualify.

TAGS: Admissions Standards, Jeffrey Sadow, Merger, Southern University at New Orleans, SUNO, University of New Orleans

New Research: Louisiana Higher Education Plagued by Low Admissions Standards

By Fergus Hodgson

03/21/2011

A new ranking of admissions standards has LSU below all flagship universities in the Deep South. The study author contends consequently lower graduation rates, less desirable faculty, and poorer quality research.

TAGS: Admissions Standards, Fergus Hodgson, Harry Stille, Higher Education, Higher Education Policy/Research Center, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Research, University Ranking

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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