Higher education is ruled by supply and demand like the marketplace.
Salaries at the University are determined by what other schools are paying and how difficult it is to find a faculty member or potential...
Though Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Nov. 21 the taking of $4.9 million from the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students to help close the state’s $180 million midyear budget gap, the fund reallocation...
The University will launch a new research campaign at the start of 2015 focusing on energy, said Ernie Ballard, director of media relations at the University.
The Office of Academic Affairs and the Office...
The Vieux Carre room in the Student Union was filled Tuesday with University faculty members and instructors speaking about their job concerns.
The panel was comprised of gubernatorial candidate state...
Research at the University isn’t just at the flagship of the state — it’s all around the world.
Students, researchers and scholars gathered in the Student Union’s Atchafalaya room...
Given Monday’s overcast and cold weather, boxes of dirt were moved indoors for the groundbreaking ceremony for what is to be the largest academic facility in the state.
The expansion and renovation...
In the first week of December, while students are studying for finals and calculating their best possible GPA, the University will receive a grade of its own.
Every decade, the University must go through...
Religious studies professor Gail Sutherland is plating a delicious new spin on some traditional ideas in one of her spring religious studies courses.
Because life’s most important events revolve...
The University will bring on new faculty members with funds from the Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy Fund.
The WISE Fund, signed into action by Gov. Bobby Jindal last June, provides $40...
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order Oct. 20 demanding changes in sexual assault policy throughout the state.
The order followed a meeting that same day among lawmakers, public university...
University instructors who have worked here for six consecutive years are now eligible for greater job security and better options for retirement plans: Extended three-year contracts starting in fall 2015...
Editor Chandler Rome published this on 11/07/14 to address the erroneous portrayal of the Law Center and a lack of reporting in this story.
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There are only three African-American, full-time...
