Louisiana's new higher education leader starts job early to help head off potential budget cuts - WILL SENTELL, The Advocate

Louisiana's new higher education chief Kim Hunter Reed started her job three weeks early to help head off another round of crippling cuts for colleges and universities. Colleges face a $96 million reduction, on top of roughly $1 billion cuts in the past decade. Under the latest budget, the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS, would be funded at 70 percent of current levels. http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_e9f97fc2-6f44-11e8-9f45-dbcadc34d35a.html