<p>first, where was tulane ranked on the us news rankings before katrina?</p>
<p>second, i am strongly interested in mens track/cross country, so is it published anywhere when they plan to bring that sport back?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>This is from the Tulane website <a href=“http://tulane.edu/athletics/[/url]”>http://tulane.edu/athletics/</a> :</p>
<p>"Athletics</p>
<p>With an eight-sport program that competes in Conference USA, Tulane Athletics is on the rise on the field, the court and the track. Boasting one of the oldest and most storied athletics programs in the Southeast, and indeed the nation, Tulane will field five women’s and three men’s teams in 2007-08, with a schedule to return eight more sports to competition by the 2010-11 academic year, restoring the program to the 16 sports that Tulane carried before Hurricane Katrina.</p>
<p>Athletics activities at Tulane University are not limited to NCAA Division I programs, however. Students at all levels are able to participate in a wide variety of club sports and intramurals."</p>
<p>I recall hearing Tulane was at 44 before Katrina and 50 now.</p>
<p>Tulane is now tied with Syracuse for 50th on USNWR, right behind Florida (and fourteen other state u’s that start in the twenties) and one ahead of Yeshiva. It has not yet fallen very far from its earlier rankings, which were generally in the forties. It is obviously trying through it’s “personal application” and other means to stay high on admission type factors in the USNWR equation even while the academic side of things has suffered greatly from the need to terminate tenured faculty and retrench, literally and figuratively, in other areas.</p>
<p>If I were to guess, I would say they’re bringing back Men’s CC for the 2009-10 school year.</p>
<p>i am chuckling at that description of tulane athletics, altmom.</p>
<p>We were ranked 34 in the USNWR rankings when Scott Cowen took over the reins as president of the university in 1998. By the time katrina hit we were down to 43 and now we are at 50. 50 is probably roughly how many deans and provosts we have been through since he got here as well. But not to worry is a good number and it matches his waistline. </p>
<p>Dr Cowen has a Bold University Renewal Plan aka BuRP that is sure bring us back to our pre-katrina stature. Not sure what is needed to bring us back to our pre-Cowen stature. Katrina didn’t change the direction only the velocity but somehow it will become a permanent excuse for failure.</p>
<p>The cross country and track and field teams will be back NEXT YEAR, 2008-09.</p>
<p>Please PM me, I’m the captain of the men’s track and field team (don’t do XC, I’m a long jumper/triple jumper). I’ll get you in contact with someone in the athletic department ASAP.</p>
<p>“Tulane’s primary weakness is a lack of financial resources. We have limited reserves, a small endowment compared to the institutions we wish to compete with, and we are too dependent on tuition revenue. Despite success in meeting past fund-raising goals, we have not met our full potential for fund raising. In addition, we have a highly centralized system of financial management that operates as a disincentive at the school, college and unit levels. And, although we have achieved Carnegie I ranking and AAU status, we are close to the minimum standards for maintaining these positions. Our levels of funded research, especially competitively awarded grants, are key to maintaining the Carnegie designation.”</p>
<p>“The primary threat to Tulane’s future is its financial status, coupled with the resource advantages held by the institutions we want to surpass. This comparative disadvantage is especially worrisome in the context of a changing environment marked by increasing competition and changing demands. We could suffer significantly from loss of AAU or Carnegie I status and from significant negative shifts in program rankings. We will need a stronger resource base to meet the challenges of this environment and to maintain and enhance our position among the elite universities.” </p>
<p>Published July 2000 in Tulane’s Ten Year Plan–seeking to ensure Tulane is as distinguished as New Orleans</p>
<p>And a lot of things have changed since 2000 including how the Carnegie Institution classifies colleges and universities. There is now no such thing as a Carnegie I institution.</p>
<p>And then there is also the fact that instead of donating to the school the alumni are suing the school. Nothing like a donor intent lawsuit to encourage the big givers to pony up real money. Interestingly the biggest donors we have had in the last ten years were both Engineering School alums. I don’t know that they will be ponying up anymore huge unrestricted gifts - somebody should ask Scott if he has tried to put the touch on them lately.</p>