Senate Documents

2009-2010 Academic Year

All local documents in PDF format

Fall 2009
Posted 11/18/09
Higher education recommendations approved (Advocate)
State colleges may lose some degree programs (Advocate)
Duplicate Louisiana degree programs to be weeded out to save money (NOLA.com)
La. universities may scale back (The News Star.com)
Expert: TOPS-like programs do not help graduation rates (Reveille.com)
Blueprint Louisiana offers recommendations to Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission (The Town Talk.com)

Posted 11/17/09
LAPERC (Tucker Commission) Agenda, Media Advisory and Presentations from 11/16
Panel: Scale back graduate degrees (Advocate)


Posted 11/16/09
The following are vitas from the three Southeastern Provost candidates:
Dr. Peter Fos
Dr. Tammy Bourg
Dr. Roger McNeil


Posted 11/13/09
Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan Document
Medical Reimbursement Plan Document

The following documents were presented at the Faculty Senate Meeting 11/4/09:
Ad Hoc Committee Charges and Members
FAC/BOS Report
Human Resources Highlights 10/09
President's Response to Faculty Senate 2008-09 Resolutions
UL board ups standards (Advocate)
Postsecondary Education Review Commission Make Initial Recommendation


Posted 10/28/09
Postsecondary Education Review Commission Make Initial Recommendation
Commission backs graduation rates (Advocate)
Tougher admission standards pushed by commission (Daily World)
Proposal would require Nicholls to boost graduation rate to 50 percent (Houma Today)


Posted 10/27/09
LAPERC (Tucker Commission) Presentations from 10/26
Lombardi: Cap TOPS scholarships (Advocate)
Lombardi suggests tuition raise, TOPS reform (Daily Reveille)
LSU and UL leaders suggest tuition increase (Daily Comet)

Posted 10/26/09
LAPERC (Tucker Commission) Agenda for 10/26 & 10/27
UL System chief suggests tuition changes (Advocate)
UL board ups standards (Advocate)

Posted 10/22/09
College panel talks tuition (Advocate)
State to study pension changes (Advocate)

Posted 10/15/09
Commission won’t take on education (Advocate)

Posted 10/9/09
Homecoming Week Schedule, October 12 - 17 (Alumni Office Flyer)


Posted 10/7/09
The following documents were presented at the October 7, 2009 Senate meeting:
Sentor Nelson's Fact Sheet on SB 285/ACT 356 (The Nevers Bill)
SB 285/ACT 356 Statewide Articulation and Transfer Act (The Nevers Bill)
Minutes from PRR Committee's meeting on ORP.
     The PRR Committee resolution that resulted can be found here.
Representative Tucker House Concurrent Study Request No. 1
Southeastern Shared Sick Leave Program Policy and Forms
Two Days Personal Leave, ACT 508 (Under "Sick Leave," Page 6)

Posted 9/30/09
Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission Press Releases
LSU officials defend 4-year schools (Advocate)
Little: Combine ULM, Tech Ag programs (News Star.com)
Official: Southern loses in budget formula (The Advertiser.com)
Four-year degrees overemphasized in Louisiana, official says (NOLA.com)


Posted 9/29/09
La. lags South in college grads (Advocate)
Labor agency: La. needs more 2-year college grads (AP Story)
La. has surplus of four-year degrees (LSU Reveille)
Don't sacrifice jobs of the future to meet current demands (Shreveport Times)
Four-year degrees overemphasized in Louisiana, official says (NOLA.com)
College commission begins two-day meeting (Town talk.com)


Posted 9/28/09
September 28th and 29th meeting Agenda, Media Advisory, and Presentation Schedule.

Posted 9/24/09
Lombardi: Higher tuition will help fix budget problem (Advocate)

Posted 9/17/09
Higher Ed to Trim $146 Million (Advocate)

Posted 9/14/09
Livestrong Day October 7th - Kinesiology and Health Studies

Posted 9/8/09
OPR Contribution Rates 1990-2010
2010 School Rankings US News and World Report
Tenure & Promotion and Evaluation Documents (As of 9/8/09)
The Evaluation Schedule for Tenure and Promotion can be found here.
UL System to Refine Focus of its Eight Universities
Nicholls State Gets $170,000 In Grants
Text of President Obama's speech to students

Posted 8/26/09
Postsecondary Education Review Commission Members
Statewide Articulation and Transfer Council Document
Southeastern ORP Contribution Rate Table
TRSL explanation of ORP Employer Contribution Drop from 6.95% to 5.76%
Further Information on the TRSL Website
TRSL Website

Summer 2009
Posted 8/10/09
Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission (Official Site)
Gov. Jindal Addresses Louisiana Higher Education Reform (Bayou Buzz)
Panel looks to streamline state's college, university systems (NOLA.com)
La. higher education panel begins overhaul study (Forbes)
Higher ed's future taking shape (Independent Weekly)
Commission to decide if LA has too many colleges

Posted 7/16/09
Dr. Crain's Email Regarding the Budget Cuts for the 2009-2010 Fiscal Year
Southeastern's Press Release on the Budget, Layoffs and Furloughs
WWL TV's Story on Southeastern's Budget
SLU to Trim 19 Employees (Advocate)
University Lays Off 19 (Daily Star)

Posted 6/27/09
Statement on the 2009 Legislative Session by Randy Moffett
Lawmakers Wrap Up Session (Advocate)
Tuition will rise; college cuts reduced (Advocate)
Late-hour compromise reduces cuts in budget (Advocate)

Posted 6/1/09
     ULS Faculty Support for SB 335 (From the FAC/BOS)
          Links to SB 335
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     CABL Statement on Higher Education Budget Cuts

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