Its colleges in decline, Louisiana aims to teach its students trades - Jarvis DeBerry, The Times-Picayune

Louisiana officials are pushing more of the state's high school students toward vocational education. This is a good thing - if only because state officials are standing around idle as Louisiana's higher-education system goes to ruin. What's the point of preparing our children for college if we're not going to preserve our colleges for our children? So, yay, vo-tech! http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2014/03/its_colleges_in_decline_louisi.html