September 23, 2005

Tulane's President: 'Our Plan Did Not Anticipate the Total Devastation'

Below are excerpts from a live discussion held on The Chronicle's Web site September 14 with Scott S. Cowen, president of Tulane University, about his institution's efforts to recover from Hurricane Katrina (The full transcript is available at http://chronicle.com/colloquy/2005/09/tulane):

Q. How will you deal with the numerous requests from parents for a refund of the fees they've already paid for the fall semester?

A. We have posted a full explanation of our tuition policy on

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