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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
Most Colleges Avoid Risk Management, Report Says
Jill Biden Shines a Global Spotlight on American Community Colleges
Speaking at a Unesco conference in Paris, the vice president’s wife stressed the importance of two-year institutions to the nation’s educational goals.
Connecticut Public Colleges Lose 200 Professors to Early Retirement
Administrators are scrambling to plug holes in their course schedules for fall, with most expecting to do so by hiring more adjuncts or increasing class sizes.
U. of Georgia Paid 2 Fraternities $2.4-Million to Relocate, Contracts Show
The two were among five with houses on property where the university plans to build new academic facilities.
New Allegations in Admissions Controversy at U. of Illinois Suggest Ex-Provost Played a Role
Linda P.B. Katehi, the incoming chancellor of the University of California at Davis, has insisted she knew nothing of the admission of politically connected applicants at Illinois.
Sonoma State U. Foundation May Lose $350,000 on Loan to Former Board Member
The foundation will be forced to issue fewer scholarships in the 2010-11 academic year because of a diminished endowment, a university official said.
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President Obama's Visit to Notre Dame Carries Barely a Hint of Controversy That Preceded It | 58
Drug Sting Nabs 21 Students at U. of Illinois | 57
Faculty Members and Union Protest Staff Layoffs at Temple U. as 'Cruel' | 57
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February 25, 2008
New Orleans Colleges See Surge in Applications
Applications to New Orleans colleges are soaring this spring, The Times-Picayune reports.
Many of the students who are applying came to the city as volunteers to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
Applications have jumped nearly 100 percent at Tulane University compared with this time last year, the paper reports. They’re up 85 percent at the University of New Orleans, 43 percent at Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 28 percent at Xavier University of Louisiana, and 24 percent at Loyola University New Orleans.
After receiving nearly 34,000 applications, Tulane decided not to accept any more. “We have too many students to deal with, and there’s no use accepting a student we can’t accommodate,” said Earl Retif, registrar and vice president for enrollment management.
No one knows how many of these students will end up attending college in the Big Easy, but higher-education officials are nonetheless heartened about the colleges’ recovery.
“They’ve got a ways to go, but they’re making significant improvement,” said E. Joseph Savoie, the state’s commissioner of higher education. —Katherine Mangan
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