<p>Please list names of colleges willing to accept students from MI, LA, AL affected by Katrina. </p>
<p>To start, here is an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education that mentions some colleges. Others are likely to volunteer in the next few days.</p>
<p>University of Louisian-Lafayette
SMU
Marquette
University of Delaware (based on a news article I just read)</p>
<p>Those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head.</p>
<p>Please list the names of colleges willing to accept students affected by Katrina. To start with, here is an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. More colleges are likely to volunteer soon.</p>
<p>Pennstate I think</p>
<p>From the NYT (9-1-2005)
Iona College in New Rochelle;
Syracuse University (Tulane Students)
U VA (for VA students)</p>
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John R. Ryan, acting chancellor of SUNY, urged the presidents of SUNY's 64 4-year and community college campuses to enroll and house students displaced in the storm.
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<p>Syracuse University is reportedly taking them free of charge.</p>
<p>I am posting a link from Ohio State about their donations to the relief fund for Katrina victims. <a href="http://www.osu.edu/news/lvl2_news_story.php?id=1199%5B/url%5D">http://www.osu.edu/news/lvl2_news_story.php?id=1199</a></p>
<p>Ohio State does not start classes until Sept 21. If they decide to accept students, it would give Tulane students more time to find out what is happening at Tulane and they could start with the student body instead of joining classes after they have started.</p>
<p>U of Cincinnati also does not start until Sept. 21.</p>
<p>I don't know if this information is any help for displaced Tulane students, I thought that it might be nice to know which school have a later starting date to give students more time to know what their plans might include.</p>
<p>Penn State (thanks, Sozo)</p>
<p><a href="http://live.psu.edu/story/13296%5B/url%5D">http://live.psu.edu/story/13296</a></p>
<p>FRom Deb922:</p>
<p>I am posting a link from Ohio State about their donations to the relief fund for Katerina victims. <a href="http://www.osu.edu/news/lvl2_news_story.php?id=1199%5B/url%5D">http://www.osu.edu/news/lvl2_news_story.php?id=1199</a></p>
<p>Ohio State does not start classes until Sept 21. If they decide to accept students, it would give Tulane students more time to find out what is happening at Tulane and they could start with the student body instead of joining classes after they have started.</p>
<p>U of Cincinnati also does not start until Sept. 21.</p>
<p>Syracuse will temporarily take them (enrolled Tulane students) with no tuition. I assume that means for one semester. For the first 15 kids that apply to this program from Tulane, they get free room and board too!</p>
<p>Rice will.</p>
<p>The University of Tennessee - </p>
<p>Penn State- "The university is also accepting students attending colleges or universities shut down by Hurricane Katrina at one of the Penn State locations." The local paper does not identify which branch campus(es). Classes just started.</p>
<p>Rutgers University is offering classes to New Jersey collegians who are going to Tulane and all Gulf Coast colleges affected by Katrina.</p>
<p>I'm very glad to hear that the Tulane students will find a home, but I'm even more concerned about the Loyola and, especially, the Xavier students, almost all of the latter of whom are on financial aid. Xavier, an 80% Black university, sends 17% of its students on to medical school (a far higher percentage than Yale or Princeton, or Tulane for that matter), and their alumni make up a significant percentage of the African-American medical workforce in the southeast. But there is very little endowment at the school to speak of, certainly not anywhere that which will be needed for recovery, and the ripple effects in the African-American community will be felt for years to come.</p>
<p>So I'm very glad that Rice (and other schools) will be accepting the Tulane students (who, in many cases, also have the money to get to where they need to be), but the Xavier and Loyola students are mainly from that area of the U.S. hit by Katrina, and are likely left without anywhere to go (and any resources, either personal or from the school, to do so).</p>
<p>Vanderbilt University posted this notice:</p>
<p>Sept. 1, 9 a.m.</p>
<p>Information for displaced Gulf Coast Students </p>
<p>In response to the news of approximately 75,000 college students whose educations have been disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, Vanderbilt University joins with others in the higher education community in offering limited coursework for students affected by the Gulf Coast disaster. In particular, Vanderbilt welcomes students from our local community who have returned from or were unable to begin their college experiences. </p>
<p>Vanderbilts professional schools have developed admissions polices on an individual basis. Students interested in a specific professional program should contact that schools admissions office directly. </p>
<p>Undergraduates interested in coursework at Vanderbilt should apply as a Visiting Student - under the category of Transient Student - through the Division of Unclassified Studies (DUS). No application fee is required due to these special circumstances, and applicants will be notified of their admission status to DUS within 24 hours.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt University <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/katrina/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.vanderbilt.edu/katrina/index.html</a></p>
<p>In an article in The Chattanooga Free Press, Governor Bredeson of TN has offered admission to state schools for students displaced by the storm. "Students who already have paid tuition won't have to pay to attend Tennessee instititions . . .Those who have not yet paid tuition can attend Tennessee schools at in-state tuition rates." Details have yet to be worked out, so if students have an interest in attending a Tennessee school they should contact that school. Also, some schools have very limited housing at this point. </p>
<p>OOPS, I see Splashmom is already on it!</p>
<p>There are many schools accepting students from ''their'' areas - who are displaced from any school closed by Katrina - not just Tulane students. Other schools are accepting students from ''anywhere'' who are displaced - some with no paperwork hassles - some with an application process - some free - some w/in-state tuition no matter what - some with housing, etc......... Will take some research to locate a school particular to your student - but there seem to be many opportunities out there for ALL displaced students.</p>
<p>marite - thank you for starting this thread. I could not access the link in post #1. Could someone cut and paste the info? Thanks.</p>