<p>For offering it's students the chance to take a tuition free semester this summer to help make up for time lost in the fall. A friend's son is heading back there today to begin his summer semester.</p>
<p>mhc48:
I'm a parent of a freshman who is starting his Lagniappe semester today and I am thankful for the free tuition. (Still have room/board and fees to pay, but it's a big help). S's girlfriend there was only allowed to take 9 credits at her "Katrina semester" school because they started 3 weeks into the semester. She, my son, and many others, didn't get a regular fall semester---in SO many ways. This definitely will help.</p>
<p>Another appreciative family. And thanks, mhc48, for bringing it up. </p>
<p>S took a full load at Bates for his Katrina semester. Took 15 credits at Tulane in the spring. But the 10 credits he's taking in lagniappe allowed him to take a <em>slightly</em> lighter load in spring (18 credits would have been normal), do 2 music credits each term, and still get all the courses in that he needs for the major. </p>
<p>Plus he loves New Orleans and his Tulane friends and happily headed back there last week.</p>