Students will be part of a new College of Human Sciences and Education next year if the LSU Board of Supervisors approves a proposal finalized Tuesday to merge six schools.
The merger among six programs was announced by the administration in September as a way to group schools and colleges currently rocky from budget cuts into one college.
The University’s budget committee recommended the merger of the programs that will, if approved by the board, be called the College of Human Sciences and Education.
“The possibility of elimination of realignment of the Schools of Social Work and Library and Information Science has been on the table for more than a decade,” the proposal states.
“Placement in a larger structure will stabilize these units and give their faculty access to resources and services not currently available to them without substantial investment of