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2023 Best Colleges and Universities in Louisiana

Louisiana boasts 36 four-year colleges and universities, and several of them rank among the best institutes of higher education in not only the South but also in the nation. Several of the 2022 best colleges and universities in Louisiana are considered best-value schools as well. These three schools rank among the top 100 universities in the southern region of the US. McNeese State University – This public school has developed a strong reputation for being a University of Innovation, and its programs meet a variety of student needs. This campus is home to the Southwest Louisiana Entrepreneurial and Economic Development …

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Segregation rising, 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education

This month marks 60 years since the landmark desegregation ruling Brown v. the Board of Education and though times have certainly changed, true equality has not been completely achieved — far from it. The Civil Rights Project at UCLA analyzed data from the school’s Education Department to determine that segregation has actually been on the rise since 1990. Overall, black students are more segregated than they were in 1970. The percentage of black students who go to schools with predominantly white students was only 23 percent in 2011, down from 44 percent at its near-equality point in 1988. It is …

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