Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Sep 04, 2012
New Orleans universities say the changes they've made since Katrina helped them emerge from Isaac relatively unscathed. 

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September 4, 2012
New Orleans universities say the changes they've made since Katrina helped them emerge from Isaac relatively unscathed. 
August 27, 2010
These are not the sorts of road trips college kids like Darryl Phillips dream about. Forced from his home in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Southern University at New Orleans student fled the city to enroll at Texas Southern University. For the next two years, Phillips would return to New Orleans about three days a week to help his father repair their damaged home, and he still remembers the darkened streets and the stench of something he still can’t quite describe.
August 27, 2010
Delgado Community College has finally passed its pre-Katrina enrollment levels — only to face massive budget cuts that could reverse the progress.
May 11, 2010
Disasters and tragedies over the last decade have motivated colleges and universities to develop emergency management plans, but very little information has been collected to give campus officials a sense of how their programs compare to their neighbors and peer institutions.
January 14, 2009
Study suggests performance-based grants, supplementing traditional aid, help low-income students succeed in community college compared to those who get just need-based funds.
September 8, 2008
As students return to Loyola U. campus after pre-hurricane evacuation, the campus is neat and the mood upbeat, but storm clouds loom (literally).
September 2, 2008
Nicholls State University is located in Thibodaux, La., about 20 miles from where the center of Hurricane Gustav hit land Monday morning. And Nicholls State may illustrate both the progress made by Gulf colleges and universities since Katrina three years ago, and the uncertainty with any natural disaster.
July 2, 2008
Louisiana law gives donors and their heirs the right to sue to colleges and other nonprofit groups that fail to carry out terms of their gifts, the state's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
December 6, 2007
Federal judge slaps down suit from former student who says Loyola U. New Orleans should refund tuition from fall 2005 -- when another law school enrolled him for free.
August 30, 2007
U.S. support to colleges continues to lag and the neediest colleges aren't getting their due, says report from group focused on access to education in the South.

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