Article courtesy of The Grio NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eye-level watermarks, gutted buildings and rows of mobile classrooms linger as reminders of the flooding from Hurricane Katrina that nearly wiped out Southern University at New Orleans in 2005. Now the predominantly African-American university faces what students and administrators view as a new threat: Gov. Bobby […]
LA Governor considering merging HBCU’s & ‘Other’ Colleges
Entry #48, January 28, 2011 Article from: News One New Orleans — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, on Tuesday ordered a study of the feasibility of merging two neighboring New Orleans universities that have both struggled to fill classrooms and graduate students. A combined institution might provide stronger services to the students of the […]