The Board of Regents recommended at its meeting Tuesday that LSU Shreveport and Louisiana Tech University merge after LSU System President John Lombardi questioned that suggestion last week.
The recommendation will be included in a study of the merger that will soon be sent to the Legislature.
“I challenged each region of the state to bring Regents their dreams — bring us their plan for a brighter tomorrow,” said Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell.
The suggestion of consolidation stemmed out of a report from the higher education consulting firm Eva Klein and Associates, which recommended the two institutions become one, with campuses in Ruston and Shreveport.
The institution would be included in the University of Louisiana System.
Even if the merger is not approved by the Legislature, the report recommends LSUS still transfer to the UL System as an independent entity.
 
 
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