LSU-Alexandria, NSU face more budget cuts - Bret H. McCormick, Town Talk

Central Louisiana's two public universities -- Louisiana State University at Alexandria and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches -- will see a reduction of nearly $2 million between them in midyear budget cuts. They are among public colleges and universities across the state facing budget reductions during the second half of this fiscal year. Gov. Bobby Jindal and state legislators announced last week that $50 million will be removed from the state appropriations for higher education, part of a roughly $250 million hole that had to be filled in the state budget. The higher education cuts amount to roughly 5 percent of the state appropriations.