Interesting part of the article was this piece..
UL launched a new site this week, documenting ongoing budget moves. It includes a feedback form for faculty and is billed as a “living resource.” In a message announcing the page, Hebert said 120 feedback forms had been submitted so far.
Love the transparency. They need to keep it coming.
And while Hebert has thus far declined to publicly recriminate how UL’s finances deteriorated, the former provost acknowledged austerity was in the university’s future.
In town halls and media appearances, he has pointed at rising costs over the last decade, coupled with a decline in full-time enrollment, as major factors in the crisis. Meanwhile, UL added 267 new positions since 2015 to its payroll, he said, clarifying a report disclosed to The Current earlier this month tabulating 467 net positions. That figure included replacement hires.
So in other words, us taxpayers, alumni, tuition payers and donors don’t deserve to know the truth.