Board urged to stop education budget slashing - KORAN ADDO, The Advocate

State Commissioner of Education Jim Purcell on Thursday pushed the state’s higher education policy board to lobby the Legislature for more support for public colleges. Louisiana’s colleges and universities have lost more than $625 million to state budget cuts in the past four years, according to an accounting that Purcell presented to the Louisiana Board of Regents. “We need you to help us,” Purcell told the Louisiana Board of Regents. Several members of the Regents said they’d support talking to legislators and other influential people, but a few insisted that higher education leaders need to stop harping on budget cuts and look to the future. http://theadvocate.com/news/4888280-123/higher-education-board-urged-to