What is with Tulane?

JHS
Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:17:02 +0000

Is Tulane having problems?

Are you living under a rock? Of course, Tulane is having problems.

I haven’t looked at the numbers, but I can’t imagine that anywhere near 100% of the Class of 2009 (the one that never started) ever showed up in New Orleans again, or stayed if they did. All the kids I heard about were furiously trying to transfer. And the Class of 2010 applications and acceptances had to have been way off – do you remember what NOLA looked like last winter?

But for the other colleges’ willingness to take kids without collecting tuition or fees, Tulane may well have gone belly up in 2004. It has massive capital costs, and decreased revenues. I’m sure it will weather the storm, but it doesn’t surprise me if it is still soliciting applications.