Louisiana college leader on budget: 'Just give us stability' -Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press

After escaping budget cuts for the first time in nearly a decade, Louisiana's public college leaders asked lawmakers Tuesday to keep them from the chopping block next year and preserve the financing they say is needed to recruit faculty and students. LSU System President F. King Alexander told the House Appropriations Committee that he wasn't asking for additional money in the financial year that begins July 1 beyond what the system received this year. But he said reductions could upend progress. "We're on offense. We just hired the best faculty cohort we've ever hired since I've been here," Alexander said. "Just give us stability. One year of stability has put us back on offense." https://www.sfgate.com/news/education/article/Louisiana-college-leader-on-budget-Just-give-us-12802553.php