September 1, 2006

A Student Transfers, Reluctantly

By ERIC HOOVER

In the story of Ashley Harris, Dillard University plays a large role. Her parents met as students at the historically black institution in the mid-1970s. And she knew the words to the university's alma matter, "Fair Dillard," long before she, too, enrolled there, in 2004.

After fleeing Hurricane Katrina last summer, Ms. Harris, 23, went home to Missouri City, Tex., and took classes at the University of Houston. At first, she hoped to return to Dillard, where she was to become the

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