Do this link...But, before you click on it, think about this for a minute... Upon reading it, think about which sections were more specific. Think about which ones appealed to your mind, instead of making general statements about protecting, investing into the future, and basically talking in ambiguity about the changes this area will undergo. Think about which one speaks about LSU and Southern in terms of fueling an education based reinvestment and reinvolvement of private sector money into higher education research, and which one speaks about LSU and Southern, "fueling regional economic development." Think about which one speaks in generalities when asked specific questions about the Baton Rouge area. Think about which one is constantly trying to appeal to a wider audience...as if one is campaigning instead of answering... That's my point... One person is answering a direct question, and one person is twisting and perverting the questions into feel good answers that will apply to an entire state and appeal to the largest amount of people. One answers a direct question with direct answers. One does not. Which do you think it is? http://www.businessreport.com/pub/22_5/government/3890-1.html If you are hopeful in any way that LSU will reach the heights that its 20 year Master Plan, and Emmert and Jenkins-and the entire state-are striving for, then vote Bobby Jindal. Vote for Bobby, and you vote for :lsug:
"At these schools you'll see more graduate research and increased private-sector activity, and we'll be transferring that into jobs. More companies will be working research out on campus and the state will be investing in unique areas. There will be private-sector firms capitalizing on ideas from our universities" Sounds like what you were complaining about with blanco - using universities for economic development. I would like some more details about putting private industry into university laboratories - what exactly does he mean by that. Blanco said this: "Higher education institutions serve as research facilities, employers, and business incubators," Blanco said. "As governor, I will seek to create economic partnerships between our technical and community colleges and our universities and their major regional economies. We must ensure that our schools are meeting the needs of our state's employers and that businesses are involved and invested in local colleges and universities." Subsantively, it's the same thing Jindal said. I will say that it seems to me that you are more concerned about the status of LSU than you are about higher education - arguably, the model of government that you don't like (and I don't either) that the state gov't seems to follow is the precise model you want for LSU, Well, as the institution is financed and owned by the taxpayers, it should be used in the way it best serves THEIR needs, not the provincial needs of a few.
OK...perhaps you didn't notice it...But when did she mention LSU without quickly mentioning other schools very quickly? She's speaking to a Baton Rouge local business paper, and we just got back from a fact finding mission to Austin, where it was basically realized that we have to pump up LSU if we want that type of growth, both in the University and the city itself. What she does is mention an overall education situation in the state. What was asked was what did she want to envision for the LOCAL area. Instead, she's politicking. JD-I'm more concerned about LSU because she was specifically asked about LSU because this is a Baton Rouge based newspaper who asked her specifically about LSU. Instead-she turned to ambiguities. Go look at Bobbyjindal.com. His thoughts about LSU were about LSU. Blanco's were general vagueries about the entire education system itself... She was asked specifics, and she gave ambiguity...Thank you for proving my point, JD...
