Lombardi pens column about higher ed consolidation

John Lombardi, LSU president, has written a column about consolidating colleges and universities for Inside Higher Education. It’s a timely topic, given the discussion about reducing the number of schools in Louisiana. But Lombardi says shutting down small, semi-rural schools is not without cost. “The best policy perspective is to pay attention to the cost of delivering a college degree and the required investment in nationally competitive public research university performance,” he says. “Public higher education institutions at all levels require clear measurements of performance relative to cost, compared to other competitive institutions of their type across the country.” Read the column here.