List of Colleges Accepting Stranded Students

[Blizzard]

<p>Boston University:</p>

<p>(Boston) Boston University (BU) today opened its doors to undergraduate students from hurricane-stricken Tulane University. University officials announced that fully enrolled Tulane undergraduates are now eligible to enroll tuition-free and attend classes at BU during the fall semester.</p>

<p>Tulane graduate and professional students may also contact BU schools and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. BU’s Medical and Law Schools have already made arrangements for several Tulane students to attend BU programs this semester.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bu.edu/katrina/index.html[/url]”>http://www.bu.edu/katrina/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[marite]

<p>Harvard</p>

<p>Harvard College, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Extension School will offer spots for students from New Orleans.</p>

<p>Freshman registration begins September 10; classes begin September 19.</p>

<p>Read Larry Summers letter on <a href=“http://www.harvard.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://www.harvard.edu</a></p>

[curiouser]

<p>Furman University has developed a plan as well. The good news about them is that Freshman Orientation begins 9/4 with classes not starting until 9/13.</p>

<p><a href=“http://furman.edu/press/pressarchive.cfm?ID=3627[/url]”>http://furman.edu/press/pressarchive.cfm?ID=3627&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[willow_41z]

<p><a href=“http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050902/NEWS04/50902009[/url]”>http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050902/NEWS04/50902009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Florida Institute of Technology, also known as Florida Tech, is offering a free fall semester to displaced students. No set policy on housing; faculty and staff would work to provide it if necessary.</p>

<p>This is a relatively small, private school in Melbourne, Florida; it’s very strong in the sciences, especially marine science and physical sciences. If anyone needs any information on it, please feel free to PM me.</p>

[calmom]

<p>Tulane has made the following announcement:

Nine of the leading higher education associations, which represent hundreds of colleges and universities around the country, have developed a plan to accept Tulane students, as well as those from other institutions adversely affected by the hurricane, for the fall semester only. This coalition has set forth guidelines for temporary enrollment for the fall semester.

The specific guidelines and the associations are:

While their immediate needs include very basic items like phone service, power, and dry office space, each of these presidents is greatly concerned about the long term financial impact Katrina will have on their institution. Specifically, they are urging colleague institutions enrolling their students to do the following:</p>

<p>Admit students only on a visiting or provisional basis, so that they remain students of their home institution;</p>

<p>Do not charge tuition if the student has already paid tuition to the home institution; and if the student has not paid the home institution, charge the home institution’s rate of tuition and remit that amount to the home institution;</p>

<p>Certainly other fees, including room and board, would be charged by the host institution as appropriate.</p>

<p>We realize that every institution must decide for itself how to handle this unprecedented influx of student refugees, and that some state laws could make some of these financial arrangements difficult. However we also know – as former presidents and chancellors – how each of us would feel if put in the same disastrous situation. We urge our member institutions, to the best of their ability and in keeping with state and federal laws, to abide by these principles as they seek to help these students. We hope each of our member institutions will hear the call for help from their Gulf Coast colleagues, and find ways to honor these important financial requests as they continue their unprecedented efforts to help.</p>

<p>George R. Boggs, President and CEO, American Assocition of Community Colleges</p>

<p>Charles L. Currie, S.J., President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities</p>

<p>Constantine W. Curris, President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities</p>

<p>Richard Ekman, President, Council of Independent Colleges</p>

<p>Nils Hasselmo, President, Association of American Universities</p>

<p>C. Peter Magrath, President, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges</p>

<p>David Ward, President, American Council on Education</p>

<p>David L. Warren, President, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

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<p>More info:
<a href=“http://emergency.tulane.edu/[/url]”>http://emergency.tulane.edu/&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://emergency.tulane.edu/ace.htm[/url]”>http://emergency.tulane.edu/ace.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[momofthree]

<p>Susan,</p>

<p>Thanks for posting the whole email from Brown. They must have moved their info; the email has exactly what I had hoped others would see.</p>

[ocuMTinfo]

<p>Since we have received numerous calls from CC members asking similar questions, I thought I’d clarify what Oklahoma City University is doing for our displaced students:</p>

<p>Since last Wednesday, Oklahoma City University has opened it’s doors to all displaced students who attened hurricane damaged schools.</p>

<p>OCU is offering free, full academic tuition to all. There is no limit to the amount of students who can be admitted. Eventhough OCU has exceeded admission records this year, we are more than happy to assist those in need.</p>

<p>OCU provides a toll free student line that displaced students can get information and receive enrollement assistance. It is 1-800-633-7242 extension one.</p>

<p>Every undergraduate, graduate and law program is open to these students. </p>

<p>We will be assisting students all holiday weekend long and do everything possible to get these students started in our classes by early next week.</p>

<p>We have received hundreds of requests and are working overtime to assist all. To speed up your process, we recommend you fill out our on-line application at <a href=“http://www.tgimatocu.com%5B/url%5D”>www.tgimatocu.com</a> (select admissions). We have spent today enrolling students from Tulane, Loyola, University of New Orleans, Dillard and other schools. For over 100 years, it has been Oklahoma City University’s mission to educate leaders and serve the community. If we can be of assistance to you, please let us know.</p>

[masterchiefll]

<p>USC is also taking students.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/programs/katrina/[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/programs/katrina/&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/programs/katrina/displaced_students.html[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/programs/katrina/displaced_students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[stacy]

<p>Smith College Offers Fall Classes to Local Students Affected by Hurricane Katrina</p>

<p>In support of colleges and universities stricken by Hurricane Katrina, Smith College will offer undergraduates from western Massachusetts the opportunity to take fall semester classes at Smith on a space-available basis, President Carol T. Christ announced Friday.</p>

<p>Local women and men enrolled in one of the colleges or universities affected by the disaster along the Gulf Coast will not be charged for the courses.</p>

<p><em>We offer our sympathy to everyone affected by Hurricane Katrina,</em> said Christ. <em>By opening our classrooms, we hope to lessen disruption in the lives of displaced students.</em></p>

<p>Campus housing is full, so Smith is unable to offer housing to the additional students. The expectation is that the emergency program will serve students within commuting distance.</p>

<p>At the end of the fall semester, Smith will give students transcripts for the courses they complete. Each student will be asked to speak with a class dean before selecting courses to structure a plan that is tailored to their needs.
Interested students should contact the Office of Admission as soon as possible at (413) 585-2500 or <a href=“mailto:admission@smith.edu”>admission@smith.edu</a>. Classes start Sept. 8. Students will be asked to provide a high school transcript and a college transcript if, and when, one becomes available.</p>

<p>Details continue to be worked out and will be posted at <a href=“http://www.smith.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://www.smith.edu</a> as they are developed.* Students wishing to apply to the emergency program should check that Web site.</p>

[VU2009]

<p>Villanova is taking in some of the students from the devasted universities. I think mostly from Tulane.</p>

[techiedork]

<p>I have a friend that was at Loyola and is now going to Northeastern for the fall semester (and apparently can’t get at her stuff in the dorm for at least 6 months). I don’t know if this was a case by case. And BU has also opened up. However, housing might be tricky because they already had BU students living in hotels…</p>

[searchingavalon]

<p>I found this on the Swarthmore site this morning:</p>

<p>SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Swarthmore College will open its doors to a limited number of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. </p>

<p>President Alfred H. Bloom said today the College will welcome up to 15 students from institutions closed by the disaster in the Gulf region. They will be accepted as special students for one semester, contingent on their qualifications and their understanding that classes are already in session and that enrollment in particular classes is subject to space availability. </p>

<p>The College is considering further responses to the disaster.</p>

[wyogal]

<p>JHU is responding:</p>

<p>

Johns Hopkins Response to Hurricane Katrina
Information for Students from Katrina-affected Colleges and Universities
September 2, 2005</p>

<p>The Johns Hopkins University is committed to doing all it can to assist people in the three-state region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. We are mobilizing faculty and staff to provide direct medical assistance to affected areas. Members of our university community are launching fund-raising efforts. Additionally, Johns Hopkins is preparing to provide educational opportunities for students of Gulf Coast institutions that will not be able to reopen this semester.</p>

<p>Undergraduate students whose home institutions will close for the fall semester may apply to the university’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences or Whiting School of Engineering for admission as visiting students.</p>

<p>On a space-available basis, the two schools will accept a limited number of visiting students for the fall semester. We will give priority to students from the Baltimore area. Visiting students must meet Johns Hopkins admissions standards.</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins will consider for admission those students whose home colleges and universities have declared themselves closed for the fall semester because of Hurricane Katrina. In anticipation of such a declaration, students may file applications now. The Johns Hopkins fall semester begins on Thursday, Sept. 8, and we anticipate that Gulf Coast institutions will have declared their intentions by then. A visiting student application and additional information are available online here. The usual deadline and application fee are waived for this emergency program.</p>

<p>Potential applicants should note that:</p>

<p>Some fall semester courses at Johns Hopkins have already reached maximum enrollment.</p>

<p>Students accepted as visiting students under this emergency program will not be billed for tuition until the end of the fall semester, with the expectation that they will — by that time — have received tuition refunds from their home institutions.</p>

<p>The Johns Hopkins Student Financial Services office will keep track of Education Department requirements and waivers and help accepted visiting students file the proper paperwork for federal financial aid. The office will also work with accepted students on other alternatives for financing their Johns Hopkins tuition.</p>

<p>There currently is no university-owned housing available for the fall semester.</p>

<p>Admission as a visiting student does not constitute a transfer to Johns Hopkins. Visiting students will be expected to return to their home colleges and universities when those institutions reopen.</p>

<p>For more information, please call the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at (410) 516-8171.

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<p>I and my family will gladly give a room & transport to a visiting student from one of the affected schools at the Homewood campus (A&S or Eng). Would prefer a male, but not a requirement. Please pass along if you know anyone…thanks, Wyogal.</p>

[jkolko]

<p>Savannah College of Art and Design</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.scad.edu/about/news/topstories/2005/090105.cfm[/url]”>http://www.scad.edu/about/news/topstories/2005/090105.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah College of Art and Design is offering to assist students who were attending other colleges but now are displaced due to Hurricane Katrina. These students are welcome to attend SCAD fall quarter 2005 as transient students with free tuition. Fall quarter at SCAD begins Sept.14 and ends Nov. 22.</p>

[2331clk]

<p>Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>from the statement by President Jared Cohon:</p>

<p>We have spoken to a small number of Tulane students and have offered them the opportunity to take the fall semester here as non-degree students, with attendant student supports, including housing and dining. We are also in close contact with th Association of American Universities (AAU) and other colleges and universities involved in helping students from the affected area, in order to ensure that we act in a coordinated fashion to provide the most relevant support to students in need. I am pleased with the manner in which the higher education community has stepped up at this time of crisis, and we will continue to be an active part of that effort.</p>

[simba]

<p>Here is a compiled list:</p>

<p>1 American University
2 Bates (Maine Students)
3 Boston College
4 Brandeis
5 Brown
6 California CS system
7 Case Western Reserve
8 CMU
9 Columbia
10 Cornell
11 Dartmouth
12 Duke
13 Florida International - FIU
14 Florida State - FSU
15 Fordham Law School
16 Furman
17 George Mason
18 Georgetown (Loyola only)
19 Hamilton College
20 Harvard
21 Hawaii State Univ. School System
22 Howard University
23 Iona College (New Rocelle)
24 John Hopkins
25 Keneyon College
26 Loyola Univ. of Chicago
27 Loyola Univ. of Chicago
28 LSU
29 Michigan
30 Middlebury College in VT
31 Murray State Univ. - KY
32 NC State
33 North Eastern
34 Northwestern
35 NYU
36 Ohio State
37 Oklahoma City Univ.
38 Penn State
39 Princeton (including housing)
40 Rice (Only Houston Students)
41 Rutgers (NJ Students)
42 Savanah College
43 Smith (local students only)
44 SMU
45 SUNY Bighamptom
46 Swarthmore
47 Syracus Univ.
48 Texas A&M system
49 U Penn (no campus housing)
50 U VA - (only VA Students)
51 UC System - Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD etc.
52 UMASS system
53 UNC - Asheville
54 Uni. Of Tennessee
55 Univ. of Arkansas
56 Univ. of Delaware
57 Univ. of Georgia
58 Univ. of Illinois - Urbana
59 Univ. of Maryland
60 Univ. of North Florida
61 Univ. of RI
62 Univ. of South Florida - USF
63 University of Lousiana - Lafeyette
64 UT - Austin
65 Vanderbilt
66 Villanova
67 Wake Forest
68 Wash U
69 Wesleyan
70 Wisconsin - Milwaukee
71 Wisconsin - UW
72 Yale
73 Yale</p>

[collegialmom]

<p>All of the SUNYs are trying to help displaced students.</p>

[my-3-sons]

<p>The University of Miami and University of Connecticut are also taking kids.</p>

[ohmadre]

<p>All of the Jesuit Schools are urged to adopt the following policy with respect to Loyola students - don’t know what their policy is regarding students from other schools affected - </p>

<p>"Fr. Charles Currie, President of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), has met with his executive committee in order to formulate a policy of response to the urgency of the situation and especially to those students who are interested in attending other Jesuit universities across the country. The policy reads as follows: The executive committee is therefore recommending that each of our schools, in response to the requests you have been receiving, admit Loyola New Orleans students as visiting non-matriculating students for the fall semester, with the expectation that they would return to Loyola in the spring semester with credits earned transferable back to Loyola.”</p>

[dave72]

<p>Oberlin accepted three Tulane students yesterday. More may be in the works–I don’t know. Interested displaced students, particularly those living within commuting distance, should contact the admissions office. Classes begin Tuesday.</p>