BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A new national report on higher education finds Louisiana ranks roughly 49th out of all the states.
Louisiana received a bevy of mostly low grades in categories ranging from college preparation in high school to college affordability and graduation rates.
The biennial report, “Measuring Up 2008: The National Report Card on Higher Education,” is sponsored by the non-profit, California-based National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
The report was released Wednesday.
Only Nevada ranked clearly below Louisiana, with Alaska basically on par with Louisiana when averaging out all the letter grades.
Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Sally Clausen said the grades are “embarrassing,” although she said there are signs of improvement to be read between the lines.
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