If it’s really a “scholarship,” the academic standards for Louisiana’s TOPS program are way too low. If it’s “merit-based financial aid,” better-off families will continue to reap the vast share of ...

The TOPS program is under fire by legislators who regard its growing cost a burden on the state budget. To hear some of our state's leaders, you'd think Louisiana's college tuition assistance program, ...

BATON ROUGE — Republican state lawmakers tentatively are filing bills to rein in the massive-yet-beloved TOPS program, state-funded college scholarships whose cost will approach $300 million next year ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Patrick Taylor’s legacy continues to support education for Louisiana’s youth in the form of the Taylor Foundation, now chaired by his widow, Phyllis Taylor, even though money for the ...

To what extent the TOPS scholarship program is funded next year won't be resolved until June -- at the earliest. (Photo by Brianna Paciorka, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Brianna Paciorka) Louisiana ...

Louisiana's TOPS college tuition program is much beloved by middle-class families, a point of bickering among state lawmakers and a high-dollar, mainly discretionary spending item in the state's ...

BATON ROUGE _ Awards from Louisiana's TOPS program are no longer guaranteed to fully cover tuition if the costs grow in the future. Gov. John Bel Edwards' office announced Tuesday that the governor ...