University mergers a hard sell
Source: stateline.org Posted By: Melody D...5067 days ago
Near Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, two public universities sit on opposite sides of Leon C. Simon Drive. On the north side of the street is the University of New Orleans, a large research university. A few blocks away on the south side of the street is Southern University at New Orleans, one of four publicly funded historically black universities in Louisiana.
Like much of New Orleans, the two schools have struggled to recover from Hurricane Katrina. Their enrollments dipped and their graduation....