'We are on the bottom:' LSU operating on 1991-style budget, F. King Alexander says - WILL SENTELL, the Advocate

After nearly a decade of budget cuts, state aid for LSU is now about the same as it was in 1991, school president F. King Alexander said Tuesday. "I am glad we didn't hit the '80's but that was talked about during the legislative session," Alexander told the Louisiana Board of Regents. "It is not inflation adjusted or anything," he said after the meeting. "That is how you go from an 80-20 split, where the state is paying 80 percent, and now they are paying 20 percent and the students are paying 80 percent," Alexander said. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_3a68cdea-c0e0-11e8-8e98-83d967e6de10.html