Students who can’t get into LSU could get a spot at UNO under transition plan

By: Piper Hutchinson

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 545

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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LSU has signed a data-sharing agreement with the University of New Orleans that will allow students applying to the Baton Rouge flagship campus for the fall semester to be offered a spot at what is soon to become LSU New Orleans.

The agreement is part of the transition plan to usher UNO back into the LSU System, which will reverse action legislators took 14 years ago to move the New Orleans campus into the University …

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