Louisiana Higher education leaders prepare for another budget battle - Sam Karlin, The Daily Reveille

Higher education leaders find themselves limbo this fall as they prepare for a gubernatorial election, a new crop of legislators and an ambiguous budget deficit. Higher education evaded devastating cuts estimated at $600 million during the summer’s legislative session, and LSU President F. King Alexander said Aug. 20 that university system heads will meet every week this semester to discuss funding strategies and the gubernatorial candidates’ platforms regarding higher education. http://www.lsureveille.com/daily/higher-education-leaders-prepare-for-another-budget-battle/article_f7b8a810-573f-11e5-8d90-c7ce201bec24.html