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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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September 19, 2007
New Orleans Colleges to Receive Millions in Grants From Carnegie Corp. of N.Y.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today that it would provide $14-million in grants to help rebuild the higher-education infrastructure of New Orleans, two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated many of the city’s colleges and universities. The grants include $2-million for Dillard University, $4-million for Xavier University of Louisiana, and $5-million for Tulane University. The grants followed word last week that the U.S. Department of Education had awarded $30-million in grants to higher-education institutions in Louisiana and three other states that were damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. —Marisa López-Rivera
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How is higher education infrastructure defined? What categorically will the money be spent on? How far can 2 million dollars go on “infrastructue”. Who will get the contracts if this includes the physical infrastructure too?
— Tascha Chalmers Sep 19, 05:57 PM #
Does the Carnegie Corporation of New York not realize that there are other institutions of higher education in other parts of Louisiana and in Mississippi that were affected by the hurricanes of ’05?
— Edward C. Mann Sep 19, 06:05 PM #
Why are only private institutions getting this money? The largest university in town, the University of New Orleans, which sustained terrific damage during the storm but heroically made the effort during that fall semester to keep going through online courses (unlike the other three which threw in the towel and completely closed up) is not getting any of this largesse. There is something here that smacks of elitism and it is very disturbing.
— Donovan Smith Sep 19, 10:19 PM #
I agree with Donovan Smith, there are more colleges and universities that sustained severe damages. Why were the public community and technical colleges not included?
— Reba Poulson Sep 20, 01:29 AM #
If you’re wondering why certain private institutions are getting the lion’s share of the money, peruse http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/robbindahood_04a.htm and the links there.
— Carl Bernofsky Sep 21, 08:50 PM #