September 30, 2005

Displaced Students Change Course, for Better or Worse

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

Meeting basic needs forces many to put educations on hold, while others do fine elsewhere

For a few days this month, students in the Gulf Coast region all found themselves in similar straits. None were thinking about registering for classes or buying books. Most concentrated on evacuating the area and taking care of their basic needs for food, water, and shelter.

But after the initial shock of Hurricane Katrina wore off, the differences between richer and poorer students began

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