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Tulane Calls Off Fall Semester
Associated Press
Tulane University canceled its fall semester Friday because of Hurricane Katrina and encouraged its students to take classes through others schools while the New Orleans university tries to clean up from the flooding.
Several schools already have offered to take in displaced Gulf Coast college students - as many as 100,000 in the New Orleans area alone, according to the American Council on Education.
On Friday, ACE announced guidelines for the temporary moves reflecting the financial fears of Gulf Coast schools that don't want to lose their students for good.
The statement released by the higher education group asked that the schools enroll the students as visitors. It also asked that they not charge tuition to students who already paid fall tuition. For those who haven't paid, it said the schools should charge the same tuition as the students' original schools and send those schools the money.
Many colleges already had spelled out in their offers that students would not have to pay extra, though the financial details of the offers have not all been clear.
The federal Department of Education was completing changes to allow students to transfer their student loans to new schools, said Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the Washington-based American Council on Education.
The hurricane has left officials at New Orleans-area colleges struggling to communicate with the outside world.
Tulane used its Web site to post the message late Friday announcing the fall semester had been canceled.
Tulane President Scott Cowen, working from Houston, said the school of 8,000 undergraduates would accept credit from any regionally accredited university and was encouraging students to take courses they would otherwise be taking at Tulane.
Cowen also said the school would work to keep its sports teams together and continuing to represent Tulane by relying on other schools for practice and playing facilities.
"Our student-athletes are an integral part of this plan. We want our athletes to carry the torch, face, and name of Tulane University during this difficult time," he said.
Marvalene Hughes, president of Dillard University, a historically black college in New Orleans, said she was planning further discussions with staff Friday night but was exploring a range of options and was not yet prepared to give up on the semester.
"I don't give up that easily," said Hughes, who has been president for just two months and was staying with family in Alabama.
Norman Francis, president of Xavier University in New Orleans, had been located and was safe after being out of touch for several days because of the hurricane, Hartle said.
There was no immediate word from other colleges but Hartle said he expected most schools in New Orleans would be closed until at least January. Officials have said it will be months before the city is functioning again.
Tulane football players now know what they’ll be doing this fall — playing football.
University president Scott Cowen said Friday that the university in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans would field its team as well as operate other athletics programs even though classes won’t be possible on the campus for the fall semester.
Students are being allowed to continue classes at hundreds of schools associated with “nine of the leading higher education associations,” Cowen said. That will allow the teams to compete.
Logistical details are still to be worked out for the Green Wave football team, which has set up temporary quarters in Dallas as guests of Southern Methodist University.
“We want our athletes to carry the torch, face, and name of Tulane University during this difficult time,” Cowen said.
He said colleges and universities in Conference USA and outside the conference have offered to help with practice and playing facilities and general support.
“Although this is an extremely complex situation, we are confident we will be able to manage these sports programs throughout the season in a way which showcases the student-athletes and coaches and tells all the wonderful stories of Tulane University,” league commissioner Britton Banowsky said.
The Green Wave’s first game will be Sept. 17 against Mississippi State. It is yet to be determined whether the game, originally scheduled for New Orleans, will be played in Starkville, Miss., or at another venue.
But the players just want to play. “We need this season,” Wave quarterback Lester Ricard told in The Times-Picayune. “I think that will be the ultimate joy, to see us do well this season.”
Linebacker Antonio Mason agreed.
“It’s something that we want to do for New Orleans,” he said. “A lot of people look at us as not only reps of Tulane, but of New Orleans. People can look at us and say, `Wow, look at that team, they’re going on the road, going through all that adversity, and still getting the job done.’ "
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Tulane Calls Off Fall Semester
Associated Press
Tulane University canceled its fall semester Friday because of Hurricane Katrina and encouraged its students to take classes through others schools while the New Orleans university tries to clean up from the flooding.
Several schools already have offered to take in displaced Gulf Coast college students - as many as 100,000 in the New Orleans area alone, according to the American Council on Education.
On Friday, ACE announced guidelines for the temporary moves reflecting the financial fears of Gulf Coast schools that don't want to lose their students for good.
The statement released by the higher education group asked that the schools enroll the students as visitors. It also asked that they not charge tuition to students who already paid fall tuition. For those who haven't paid, it said the schools should charge the same tuition as the students' original schools and send those schools the money.
Many colleges already had spelled out in their offers that students would not have to pay extra, though the financial details of the offers have not all been clear.
The federal Department of Education was completing changes to allow students to transfer their student loans to new schools, said Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the Washington-based American Council on Education.
The hurricane has left officials at New Orleans-area colleges struggling to communicate with the outside world.
Tulane used its Web site to post the message late Friday announcing the fall semester had been canceled.
Tulane President Scott Cowen, working from Houston, said the school of 8,000 undergraduates would accept credit from any regionally accredited university and was encouraging students to take courses they would otherwise be taking at Tulane.
Cowen also said the school would work to keep its sports teams together and continuing to represent Tulane by relying on other schools for practice and playing facilities.
"Our student-athletes are an integral part of this plan. We want our athletes to carry the torch, face, and name of Tulane University during this difficult time," he said.
Marvalene Hughes, president of Dillard University, a historically black college in New Orleans, said she was planning further discussions with staff Friday night but was exploring a range of options and was not yet prepared to give up on the semester.
"I don't give up that easily," said Hughes, who has been president for just two months and was staying with family in Alabama.
Norman Francis, president of Xavier University in New Orleans, had been located and was safe after being out of touch for several days because of the hurricane, Hartle said.
There was no immediate word from other colleges but Hartle said he expected most schools in New Orleans would be closed until at least January. Officials have said it will be months before the city is functioning again.
Tulane will play football this fall
Associated Press
Tulane football players now know what they’ll be doing this fall — playing football.
University president Scott Cowen said Friday that the university in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans would field its team as well as operate other athletics programs even though classes won’t be possible on the campus for the fall semester.
Students are being allowed to continue classes at hundreds of schools associated with “nine of the leading higher education associations,” Cowen said. That will allow the teams to compete.
Logistical details are still to be worked out for the Green Wave football team, which has set up temporary quarters in Dallas as guests of Southern Methodist University.
“We want our athletes to carry the torch, face, and name of Tulane University during this difficult time,” Cowen said.
He said colleges and universities in Conference USA and outside the conference have offered to help with practice and playing facilities and general support.
“Although this is an extremely complex situation, we are confident we will be able to manage these sports programs throughout the season in a way which showcases the student-athletes and coaches and tells all the wonderful stories of Tulane University,” league commissioner Britton Banowsky said.
The Green Wave’s first game will be Sept. 17 against Mississippi State. It is yet to be determined whether the game, originally scheduled for New Orleans, will be played in Starkville, Miss., or at another venue.
But the players just want to play.
“We need this season,” Wave quarterback Lester Ricard told in The Times-Picayune. “I think that will be the ultimate joy, to see us do well this season.”
Linebacker Antonio Mason agreed.
“It’s something that we want to do for New Orleans,” he said. “A lot of people look at us as not only reps of Tulane, but of New Orleans. People can look at us and say, `Wow, look at that team, they’re going on the road, going through all that adversity, and still getting the job done.’ "
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