Jindal meets with predecessors, pledges to restore some money to higher ed - Ed Anderson and Bill Barrow, The Times-Picayune

Four former governors met today with Gov. Bobby Jindal to urge him to restore money cut from the budgets of colleges and universities. Jindal said that he will work to see that higher education loses no more than 10 percent of its state general fund money, while the system continues to craft proposals for streamlining programs and reducing redundancies. The governor originally proposed a 15 percent cut, prompting an outcry from higher education officials and supporters, including Jindal's predecessors.