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« on: May 26, 2006, 02:07:48 PM » |
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Just wanted to drop a quick note and ask what is going on with the history departments at Loyola and Tulane. I'm from Louisiana, publishing like mad in the Northeast, and those were on the list of "dream jobs" I made when I was in grad school, so I had my sights set on one of those a few years down the road (Hey, wishful thinking is better than no thinking at all.). Then Katrina hit... Given what has happened with Engineering at Tulane (yeah, yeah, flame away about how those are the "important" courses. Goodness knows I never hear that from my students.), I would be very curious to hear what is going on in this respect. Thanks for your time.
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2006, 06:31:21 AM » |
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at least you're a modest person, "publishing like mad."
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« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2006, 12:47:26 AM » |
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They are both hiring this year... but I don't know how their finances are after Katrina. Anyone have a clue?
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2007, 08:07:14 PM » |
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History Man: I would not come to Loyola if I were you. I would not go to Tulane either. Loyola is still firing staff and unable to recruit faculty. Faculty are leaving -- good recently tenured ones are leaving, well-established faculty are taking early retirement or buyout (so they can leave immediately rather than phasing out). Loyola had NO flooding. President Wildes is reclusive, refuses to speak with faculty or students, continues to claim that our faculty contract is not a guarantee of anything. 7 lawsuits have been filed against Loyola: breach of contract and bad faith breach of contract. More will follow. Check out an alternate web site for the truth about Loyola: www.loyno.info. Tulane declared financial exigency and this will continue according to President Cowen and he said to AAUP that this means he does not have to change anything (i.e. re-hire or re-instate any faculty or programs). By the way, Loyola did not declare financial exigency - we had very little losses. And June 9, 2007: AAUP will censure Loyola and most likely, Tulane, too. I'm only sure about Loyola -- our contract follows AAUP guidelines almost word for word and our administrators violated it. |
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2007, 05:05:32 PM » |
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"Publishing like mad" should not be taken as a lack of modesty, I believe that this person is simply trying to indicate he/she is trying to be as productive as possible! All of us should be "publishing like mad" that isn't a statement of superiority, but rather a level of mediocrity. Shouldn't we be publishing like mad, serving our communities, etc....
On a second note, I heard the state schools are getting substantial federal dollars, I assume this is also being provided to the privates?
or is it a myth!
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2007, 09:08:15 PM » |
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Tulane was never financially stable. They are retrenching to be a really big version of Milsaps or Rhodes.
The city is ridiculously dangerous now.
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"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Samuel "Steroid Free" Clemens
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 01:05:15 AM » |
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"Ridiculously dangerous" is wrong. High crime rate? Yes. If the management situations at Tulane or Loyola are as bad as they seem, those are better reasons to avoid or leave NO than are personal safety issues.
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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2011, 10:22:18 PM » |
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I can't tell whether the previous post is a series of spam links or some kind of freaky free verse poem. Zombie thread poetry?
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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2011, 10:24:45 PM » |
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I can't tell whether the previous post is a series of spam links or some kind of freaky free verse poem. Zombie thread poetry?
Even better, plagiarized Zombie free verse. Spam bot is making odd thread selections. |
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"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone.
"When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2012, 08:24:24 PM » |
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Speaking as a two time alumna of Newcomb College and a long time faculty dependant, The uptown Tulane University campus is now operating as usual as in it's own "psychic" universe partially divorced from real life. When I was home in New Orleans less than a month ago, I didn't even bother visiting or walking around on the uptown campus, because of previous visits and walkarounds , once or twice since Katrina. The last time did that was probably in January or February of 2008. I KNOW that the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine was making a SERIOUS effort to go public four years ago. but I have NO idea if that effort has been sustained or not. Charity Hospital is STILL closed, and is STILL a HUGE bone of contention between LSU and Tulane. I drove around Charity and the Tulane medical school TWICE. The area no longer feels like it is haunted by ghosts, bit it fells psychically "vacant." Signs of total abandonment and neglect in the area around Tulane Medical School and Hospital are increasing. At least City Hall seems to be active, My drive-arounds were after 5pm.
I wonder how long it is going to take Tulane to find the funding to replace Charles Rosen House.
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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2012, 10:23:18 PM » |
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I wonder how long it is going to take Tulane to find the funding to replace Charles Rosen House.
Are Newcomb alums still funding the legal challenges to the elimination of the college? My e-mail suggests a certain percentage of donations has been diverted in that direction, but I don't know if it's enough to have hurt the university overall. |
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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2012, 10:55:54 PM » |
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They're not going to replace the Rosen house, from what I understand. The area where it stood has been turned into a commuter parking lot/bus lot, with future plans to turn it into an "entrance to the university", with a few buildings along the edge.
As for the rest of the campus, and the area immediately surrounding it, it's doing quite well since the hurricanes. Recent street renovations of St Charles, Carrollton and Clairborne (as well as the street car lines) has helped a lot.
On campus, turning McAlister from a street to a pedestrian-only corridor has been nice as well.
On the "science" quad, south of Freret, the old Taylor Labs have been torn down, and a new building is partially built (foundation and framing has been done, and all but one floor have been poured). It's to be a new Chemistry/Chemical Engineering building.
Downtown, the JBJ building (research building adjacent to the med school) just got a large NIH grant to completely rebuild the 2nd-7th floors.
I haven't found the downtown area around the med school to be particularly bad- it's quite lively and busy during the day, and it's pretty well patrolled and lit at night, I even feel safe there at 1 or 2 AM. The old charity hospital building feels a bit hollow, what with barbed wire fences and a constant police presence, but I guess I've gotten used to it.
Not sure what you're asking about Public Health, but it's definitely a landmark program for the university, and doing very well.
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