Louisiana Jindal's Education Budget Short On Leadership - John Maginnis, Bayou Buzz

More by his actions than his words, it is clear that Bobby Jindal does not aspire to be the higher education governor. He may cause major historic changes to the university system, but whether they are for better or worse won’t be known until after this slow-moving budgetary train wreck plays out over the next few years. As anyone who attends or draws a paycheck from a state college knows, its leaders face having to make do with $219 million, or 15 percent, less state funding next year, after $55 million was sliced during the current fiscal year. Those cuts grow doubly worse in two years, when $220 million per year in federal stimulus money for higher ed runs out.