Gov. Bobby Jindal last week asked the state's top higher education board, the Board of Regents, to do a study of a possible merger ahead of the spring legislative session. Lawmakers' approval would be needed for a merger, and opponents at Wednesday's meeting made clear they will lobby against it.
“If we allow the state to take this institution, then as a community and as a people, we have failed our children,” Faculty Senate President Joseph Bouie said.
