About the Louisiana Board of Regents
Collaborating for Progress and Higher Education Success
The Board of Regents, a state agency created by the 1974 Louisiana Constitution, coordinates all public higher education in Louisiana. The Board began operations on January 1, 1975, succeeding the Coordinating Council for Higher Education per Article VIII, Section 5; Article VII, Section 10.1. Regents is the coordinating board for higher education while the system boards handle the day-to-day management of campuses. Through EDUCATION, INNOVATION, and COLLABORATION, Regents oversees the Master Plan, including Funding Formula, Merger and Transfer of Institutions, Capital Outlay, Approval and Elimination of Programs & Departments, and Regents Support Fund Allocations.
Mission
The Louisiana Board of Regents serves as the state’s leading force for talent development through quality, affordable postsecondary education for all.
Vision
Postsecondary education transforms lives, strengthens communities and drives our economy.
Board Members
The Louisiana Board of Regents is a 15-member volunteer board appointed by the Governor.
Board Meetings
The Board of Regents meets monthly unless otherwise specified.
Watch Meetings
View live streams of Board of Regents meetings, as well as archived meeting recordings, here.
Bylaws
View the full overview of the Board of Regents bylaws below.
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Committees
This committee is also comprised of members from the management boards.
Data & Publications
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Staff Directory
Explore our directory to find contact information for Regents staff members.
Commissioner of Higher Education
Dr. Kim Hunter Reed is Louisiana’s Commissioner of Higher Education. She is currently the only female in the country to have served as a state higher education leader in multiple states. Reed is a proven advocate for students who has worked effectively at campus, state, and federal levels…
COSBP
The Louisiana Council of Student Body Presidents (COSBP) was formed to promote communication among the students and member schools of the LSU System, the SU System, the UL System and the LCTC System, to further educational and social interests and to support the advancement of higher education.
- To review or eliminate existing degree programs or departments.
- To approve, disapprove, or modify proposed academic programs or departments.
- To study both the need for and feasibility of new post-secondary institutions as well as the conversion of existing schools into campuses offering more advanced courses of study;
- To review annual budget proposals for the operating and capital needs of each public institution prior to compilation of the Regents’ higher education budget recommendations. The Board also recommends priorities for capital construction and improvements.
The Constitution provides that all duties and responsibilities not specifically vested in the Board of Regents be assigned to the respective management boards. This carefully drawn division of responsibility enables the Board of Regents to chart general academic and fiscal directions for higher education in Louisiana without becoming unnecessarily entangled in the day-to-day mechanics of operating college campuses.
Thus, in practice, the Board of Regents’ determines what academic programs an institution may offer and assesses the quality and need for those programs, but the management boards oversee instructional operations; the Regents administer the funding formula and set guidelines for preparing campus budgets, but the management boards have the responsibility of preparing and administering those budgets; the Regents set tenure standards that the university systems must meet or exceed, but only the management boards may approve campus personnel actions.
The Board of Regents is responsible for a wide range of planning, policy-making, and coordinating activities, touching every aspect of higher education operations. To facilitate the handling of this broad spectrum of activities, the agency is organized into Academic Affairs and Innovation, Finance and Administration, Research and Sponsored Initiatives, Strategic Communications, Strategic Planning and Student Success
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Our Location
Physical Address
Louisiana Board of Regents
1201 N. Third Street, Suite 6-200
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Mailing Address
Louisiana Board of Regents Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3677
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3677
Phone
- Phone:
- (225) 342-4253
Fax
- Fax:
- (225) 342-9318 or 6926
Educate, Innovate, and Collaborate
The Master Plan
To move Louisiana aggressively forward, the Board of Regents has embraced a robust new attainment goal that calls for 60% of all working-age adults (ages 25-64) in Louisiana to hold a degree or high-value credential by 2030. As we stand on the brink of a new decade, this Master Plan, born of the Board of Regents’ unique charge to guide postsecondary education across the state, will set the foundation to increase opportunity. Our Talent Imperative is to Educate, Innovate, and Collaborate