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Date: Dec 8, 2005

Hey, you could be at Tulane

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Tulane suspends seven athletics programs

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2005_12_08.html#098683

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Miles Long wrote:

All faculty in these departments were told that their contracts would expire in June 2007.

By giving these faculty members a 1-1/2 years notice it seems clear that Tulane is an AAUP institution. Even a 1-year notice would conform to the AAUP policy. How would USM handle such a reduction?

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Paper Clip wrote:

Miles Long wrote: All faculty in these departments were told that their contracts would expire in June 2007. By giving these faculty members a 1-1/2 years notice it seems clear that Tulane is an AAUP institution. Even a 1-year notice would conform to the AAUP policy. How would USM handle such a reduction?

Buh Bye!

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Paper Clip wrote:

How would USM handle such a reduction?

Remove the paperclips from your desk before we bolt your door shut?

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Paper Clip wrote:

How would USM handle such a reduction?

I think it would involve changing the locks on office doors.

Man, my heart goes out to everybody at Tulane. That must have been a gut-wrenching decision for everybody concerned, not just the faculty. Most admins I know would be heartbroken about having to eliminate a full slate of engineering programs. (Remember, USMers, your view of administration is a little, um, distorted by circumstances.) It must be down to institutional survival at Tulane

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Invicturs is right. The situation must be grim at Tulane.

I also hear there's a real possibility that the Medical school will permanently relocate to Houston--it is actively being recruited by a prominent hospital there.

The really difficult times for N.O. and its institutions still lie ahead. It drives one to despair.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

The decision to keep the programs for 2 more full Academic years is simply a good business decision.

Freshmen and Sophomores in the program will xfer to another school or change progrms. Juniors, Seniors, and grad students can (hopefully) complete their programs, and keep filling Tulane's coffers.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

qwerty wrote:

Invicturs is right. The situation must be grim at Tulane.

I also hear there's a real possibility that the Medical school will permanently relocate to Houston--it is actively being recruited by a prominent hospital there.

The really difficult times for N.O. and its institutions still lie ahead. It drives one to despair.

The med school is returning to New Orleans in the Fall of 2006. They are also eliminating 150 faculty.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

qwerty wrote:

I also hear there's a real possibility that the Medical school will permanently relocate to Houston--it is actively being recruited by a prominent hospital there.

I've heard that rumor as well. How many med schools would that put in Houston? I know there's Baylor & UT-Houston, and for what it's worth, M.D. Anderson was admitted to SACS & is now an accredited degree-granting institution.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Invictus wrote:

qwerty wrote:
I also hear there's a real possibility that the Medical school will permanently relocate to Houston--it is actively being recruited by a prominent hospital there.

I've heard that rumor as well. How many med schools would that put in Houston? I know there's Baylor & UT-Houston, and for what it's worth, M.D. Anderson was admitted to SACS & is now an accredited degree-granting institution.

Despite the problems of sprawl, Houston is a fine city. Sports, the arts, medical care, close to Galveston. It has it all.

http://www.houstontravelguide.com/healthcare/

Date: Dec 8, 2005

I thought that the Sprawl didn't really begin until you got to Statesboro, but if Houston wants in to the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Area, they can just hop into the matrix like everybody else.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Does anyone know about the LSU Med School in New Orleans? (Worked there once upon a time.) If Charity is toast, that's going to have a huge impact on both LSU and Tulane's programs. LSU's building is physically connected to Charity. Of course LSU has other campuses in the state.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

In addition to the academic cuts, Tulane is suspending athletic participation in seven sports.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

If you read Tulane President Scott Cowan's statement, he uses the frightening term world-class institution.

Yeccchhhhh.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Except that they really are, at least in some areas.

Date: Dec 8, 2005

Terrible news about Tulane. What is happening at Loyola?