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Tag: Louisiana
Students
Third Louisiana Institution Offers Full Ride to Spelling Champion Zaila Avant-garde
Southern University has become the third Louisiana academic institution to offer a full-ride scholarship to Zaila Avant-garde, the 14-year-old Louisiana native who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, reports The Advocate. “We at SU celebrate you, Zaila!” wrote Ray L. Belton, Southern’s president-chancellor, on Twitter. “You a PHENOMENAL representation of our great state […]
July 12, 2021
African-American
CDC Foundation Gives Xavier University of Louisiana Grant to Tackle COVID-19 Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation is giving Xavier University of Louisiana $420,000 to create strategies to combat disproportionate COVID-19 transmission among African Americans in the New Orleans area, which has had one of the highest rates of mortality from COVID-19 in Louisiana and the U.S. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the […]
May 18, 2021
Community Colleges
Louisiana Health Provider Teams With Community College to Address Nurse Shortage
Louisiana health care provider Ochsner Health has committed $20 million to the nursing program at Delgado Community College in New Orleans. The announcement comes as the Louisiana State Board of Nursing forecasts a significant shortage of nurses across the state over the next several years. “With the country facing a critical shortage of trained healthcare […]
March 1, 2021
News Roundup
Proposal Allowing Out-of-State Representation in Louisiana Higher Ed Boards Fails
Voters rejected a proposal to allow out-of-state representation on Louisiana’s higher ed governing boards the News Star reported. Amendment No. 1 to the Louisiana Constitution would have allowed the governor to appoint up to two out-of-state members to the Louisiana Community and Technical College, LSU, Southern University and University of Louisiana management boards, News Star […]
December 7, 2020
News Roundup
New Century Foundation Research Analyzes Impact of Mandatory FAFSA Policy in Louisiana
Due to Louisiana’s mandatory FAFSA policy — requiring all 12th graders to apply for federal financial aid or expressly opt-out — within a year, the gap in completed applications between high and low-income districts closed by 87%, according to new research by The Century Foundation (TCF). The gap closed entirely over the course of two […]
July 30, 2020
News Roundup
College-Bound Public High School Grads on the Rise
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana education officials say 23,517 public high school students who graduated in 2017 enrolled in college in the fall. That’s a record for the state. Tuesday’s news release from the Department of Education says it’s an increase of more than 500 from the previous year, and it’s up by more than […]
May 16, 2018
News Roundup
College Plans Trivia Contest in Pursuit of Funds
THIBODAUX, La.  – Got a knack for remembering random, somewhat useful information? A southeast Louisiana college wants you for its trivia contest this month, aimed at raising money for student programs. Nicholls State University is hosting a Big Bayou Trivia Bash on Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. Cash raised from the competition is planned for […]
February 14, 2018
Home
More Louisiana Students Applying for Federal College Aid
BATON ROUGE, La. – A growing number of Louisiana’s high school seniors are applying for federal aid to help cover college costs, a boom in applications pushed by state officials. The education department says 65 percent of high school seniors, nearly 27,000 students, submitted the Free Application for Federal Student Aid by a July 1 […]
July 16, 2017
Recruitment & Retention
Fall College Enrollment Numbers Show Promise
Fall enrollment numbers are in and many colleges and universities are celebrating an increase in figures after widespread losses in previous years.
November 11, 2015
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