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January 10, 2006

Tulane Students Back In School

From the Washington Post: Displaced Students Return To La. for 2nd College Try

Terry Hartle of the American Council on Education said university administrators don't want to be seen as poaching students from the hobbled Gulf Coast schools.

I knew this was the position of the medical schools, I didn't realize it applied to universities generally.

"Not too many operations in the city have as much economic clout as the university," said Professor Richard Teichgraeber,

Tulane was the largest private employer in the city before the storm, now they're the largest employer period. By far.

I was actually in New Orleans yesterday, so I could have observed this reunion first hand, but, alas, I drove in during the day, then had a meeting at 5:30, then came down with the flu! Needless to say, the drive back to Houston today was not pleasent.

This one I really enjoyed:

"I felt like I was cheated out of a semester of the college experience," said freshman Thomas Gibbs, who lived with his parents in Alexandria last semester, commuted to classes at Georgetown and missed months of workouts with the Loyola baseball team.

Waah.

Posted by Niels Olson at January 10, 2006 11:03 PM

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