Louisiana legislative task force weighs higher education funding amid rising costs

Louisiana legislative task force weighs higher education funding amid rising costs

BATON ROUGE - Tight economic times have raised concerns not only at the cash register but also about the future of higher public education in Louisiana, so a legislative task force has been meeting to make recommendations on funding the state's public universities.According to the Education Data Initiative, the average cost of college tuition fees rose 83.6% over the past twenty years, increasing faster than the cost of inflation.As a retired ed…