Education & Workforce

Why Louisiana higher ed faculty and staff members look to leave the state

Matthew Green, an assistant professor of education at UL Lafayette, wants to finish his...

See how Louisiana university endowment growth compares nationally

Endowments that support Louisiana universities performed sluggishly when compared with the national average, but their growth is actually better than schools with some of the largest donor accounts.     

Number of American workers hitting picket lines more than doubled last year 

Autoworkers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed for months. And health...

Who’s most worried about the end of affirmative action? 

How Americans feel about the end of affirmative action in college admissions depends not just on their race but also their age and gender, according to a recent Gallup poll.

What Pennington Biomedical’s $189M diet study hopes to find

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted an ambitious nutrition research project currently underway at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and other facilities throughout the U.S.

Workers want additional mental health training and resources 

Mental health isn't the same kind of taboo topic it was at work in the past, but there's a long way to go until it's ingrained in workplace culture.  
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Landry isn’t backing a permanent teacher pay raise

Gov. Jeff Landry doesn’t want to make a public school teacher pay hike from...

BRAC gets national attention for its ‘brain drain’ initiative

A recent Inside Higher Ed article highlighted the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s efforts to combat the “brain drain” of young professionals.

American workers are worried they’ll be replaced by AI 

Roughly one-third of American professionals worry that artificial intelligence will make some obsolete, and...

What to know about Gov. Jeff Landry’s first budget proposal 

Gov. Jeff Landry wants to drive a lot of the state’s extra funding into...