August 14, 2012
Jenkins urges online push
The Advocate
Colleges will have to fully embrace online education to keep up with students’ changing tastes or be left behind, the head of the LSU System told the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday. ...
Jenkins: Finding a permanent LSU president/chancellor could be tough
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
It might not be necessary for the next LSU System president to be a career academic with a doctoral degree, says William Jenkins, interim president of the LSU System and interim chancellor of the flagship campus. ...
LSU System leader says new budget strategies needed
WBRZ-TV
LSU Interim System President William Jenkins says everyone must look for new ways to handle the ongoing budget crisis, and that includes the charity hospital system and regular campuses. ...
LSU System leader says public hospitals require private sector's help
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The head of the Louisiana State University System emphasized the need to find partners to help run the state's public hospitals Monday even as he suggested that there was little to entice private firms to make that investment. ...
LSU System seeks partners, new funding to help keep state hospitals open
Alexandria Town Talk
The Louisiana State University hospital system's shrinking funding and large numbers of uninsured patients are hurdles to attracting partnerships with private health-care firms to help keep the hospitals open, the head of the university system said Monday. ...
LSU may partner with local hospitals
Shreveport Times
Partnering with private hospitals to operate the LSU medical centers around the state could be necessary to keep all of them open, says LSU System Interim President William Jenkins. ...
Interim President: Medicaid cuts hurt LSU
WAFB-TV
The interim President of the LSU System says he's going to have a tough time trying to convince private companies to partner with the cash-strapped system in a move to keep university-run hospitals open. ...
LSU official seeks ways to keep university hospitals open
KSLA-TV
The head of the LSU System says he's talking to private hospital leaders about ways to partner and keep the university-run hospitals open despite ongoing budget woes. William Jenkins says LSU will need to bring in private health care facilities to operate some of the public hospitals. ...
Texas A&M shooting serves as a reminder closer to home
WAFB-TV
Nearly 400 miles away, it's business as usual on the campus of LSU, but plans that include dealing with the worst-case scenario are already in place. A super speedway of communication avenues like email and text message ready to spread the word. ...
Scott Angelle running for PSC; Position has been a springboard to the governor’s mansion
Teche Today
Meanwhile, Angelle, a Republican, has been appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal to Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors, which oversees the LSU System. Angelle is a former St. Martin Parish police juror who became the parish’s first parish president ...
Administration urges justices to continue college affirmative action admissions
Washington Post
The policy is being challenged by a white student, Abigail Fisher, who said she was rejected by the university while less-qualified minorities were admitted, violating her constitutional rights. She graduated from Louisiana State University in the spring. ...