The University of Louisiana System recently launched a new initiative to recruit adults who are ready to return to college and earn their degree. More than 653,000 Louisianians have some college credit but no degree, a factor that contributes to the state’s second-to-last ranking of those with bachelor’s degrees or higher. Compete LA hopes to […]
Technology Offers Promise When Paired with Educational Attainment
The rapid advancement of technology, the ubiquity of automation, and seemingly endless applications for artificial intelligence are changing the very nature of work. If any portion of your job is predictable or repetitive, there is high probability that, at minimum, that piece of your job will be automated in the coming years.
Same Artist, Same Tradition, New Mace
Louisiana Tech’s original mace, the face of a tradition that began in 1986 as a symbolic Torch of Knowledge and Light of Learning, has retired, and a new Mace to mark the University’s 125 birthday has taken over those duties. Atlanta resident Mitch Mitton, a 1969 Tech advertising design/fine arts graduate, is the designer and […]
Imagination Station: Center serves as a learning lab for Tech students, preschoolers
Just across the parking lot from the College of Business and the new Integrated Engineering and Science Building is a small, white building that has been home to several Louisiana Tech offices and departments over the years. Today, it’s the home to perhaps its most important role: housing the imaginations, giggles and squeals, first friendships, and artwork of more than 30 3- and 4-year-olds.
Innovation
Louisiana Tech University has always been a leader in developing innovative academic programs that respond to community needs. Take a look at these new academic programs… Bachelor Of Science, Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineering Technology The College of Engineering and Science rolled out a new Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology degree program in fall […]
McConathy and Johnson: Spearheading westward expansion
If you are in Shreveport or Bossier City, Louisiana Tech is no longer an hour’s drive east to Lincoln Parish. “Visitors can see Tech and talk to Tech representatives on site,” Provost Dr. Terry McConathy said. “The Tech Academic Success Center (in Bossier), combined with Tech-Barksdale and the Shreveport Center, establishes a tangible, physical footprint.” […]