Enrollment could drop if University hit with budget cuts - Kyle Bove, LSU Reveille

The University is bracing to endure a 29.8 percent drop in enrollment if it’s forced to cut $71.9 million from its budget next fiscal year, according to documents obtained by The Daily Reveille. And an apparent difference between the University and the LSU System’s approaches to dealing with the cuts has been a sticking point between the two since the beginning of the year. An estimated 8,500 students may leave the University if state funding is cut by 30 percent next fiscal year. This figure — among others like hikes in tuition and student fees — was not included in the LSU System’s “budget reduction exercise” released Feb. 4.