By Lauren McGaughy, NOLA.com | The Times Picayune
Southern University System President Ronald Mason is realistic about the state of higher education in Louisiana; but while he knows his HBCU needs to focus more on generating its own revenue, he's hoping the state can either get back in the game of funding higher education or get out of the way.
"The state is getting out of the business of higher education," Mason told the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday. He said this means each of the state's four public university systems, including his, needs to completely shift their way of thinking on funding.
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http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/201... -Photo: Southern University System President Ronald Mason said Monday he is optimistic for the future of his HBCU, even in the face of possible future budget cuts. (Eliot Kamenitz, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)
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