Non-profit organization promotes higher education
A new non-profit organization is on the rise.
EducateLA is a non-profit organization advocating the preservation of higher education.
The mission is to gain support for higher education in Louisiana.
EducateLA has come together with universities and colleges across Louisiana to fight budget cuts being made to statewide educational costs.
The directors and students involved in the program plan on contacting state legislatures with the hopes that they will accept a pledge that protects and improves higher education.
J. Hudson, the president of EducateLA, said that the organization will give Louisiana students an opportunity to make their voices heard.
Hudson said, “We have to remind our legislators that students have the most at stake when it comes to the higher education budget.”
“It is the determination of whether our education, and ultimately our degree, means something significant in the future.”
Although the program is new, students are already looking forward to its success.
Annie Park, freshman pre-pharmacy major from New Orleans, is optimistic about EducateLA.
“The program will most likely be successful because results seem to come faster as a group,” Park said.
Karlynsia Mack, a junior health studies marketing and management major from Alexandria, is excited and looking forward to EducateLA.
Mack said, “If students take part in this, it could actually make a difference.”
Mack hopes that as many ULM students as possible become a part of the program.
The program is open to Louisiana’s two and four year public universities and colleges.
Anyone wanting more information about EducateLA, including interest in membership, should call 318-447-8663 or email jford@ educate-la.org.
