Louisiana community colleges face faculty poaching from new industry

By: Piper Hutchinson

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: September 23, 2026

Words: 559

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Major companies investing in Louisiana are looking to the state’s community and technical colleges to supply their workforce, and they are also poaching the instructors who teach there, the school system’s leader said this week.

A series of major industrial projects are coming to Louisiana, touting numerous high-paying jobs that require specialized training, most notably the Hyundai steel plant in Ascension Parish, the Meta Hyperion data center in Richland Parish and a …

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