<p>jmmom,
You humble me with your generous attitude and open-minded perspective. I truly hope your son will decide to stick with Tulane–if he’s anything like you he’ll be quite an asset. However, if my son wanted a full engineering program, I’d have to advise him to find a new school. </p>
<p>Re the “24 hour news syndrome” comments–I agree completely.
And frankly, the changes that will require freshmen AND sophomores to live on campus was good news to me. (I was worried about sophomores getting housing–traditionally I understood them to be low man on the totem pole to get on-campus housing. </p>
<p>The cruise ships are only a short term option and I’ll presume that within the next 12-18 months, the bulk of the area housing will be repaired and available to cover the current shortage.</p>
<p>Besides Engineering programs being cut, I am also noticing several PhD programs are being eliminated too–ie English, French, Sociology, Political Science. I’m sure there are others.</p>
<p>I wonder if terminal degrees will be created for the two new programs:
Urban Studies and Public Service. I also wonder what all these program cuts will portend for Tulane’s future rankings.</p>