The University of Louisiana System has put 138 degree programs — many education certification specialties — up for elimination or consolidation in response to a Board of Regents’ order to cut offerings at its schools.
The Advertiser reported Tuesday that the system’s staff compiled the recommendations from its eight campuses after the Regents identified 200 programs as “low completer” programs that could be chopped. System campuses recommended consolidating 98 programs, terminating 35 and continuing 63.
The Regents also sent targeted program lists to the LSU and Southern University systems and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. Each system had a Feb. 28 deadline to respond.
System President Randy Moffett says campuses that disagree with the system’s suggestions can appeal to the full board. Over the past two years, the UL System has eliminated 56 academic programs.
