When did Tulane become a national university?

fallenchemist
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 05:09:40 +0000

@blevine

I took the point to mean that New Orleans itself, and its native people, are not typical of much of the rest of the south. Besides the other obvious differences between the schools involved, one would find oneself in and near much more typical southern environments if one were in Oxford MS or Tuscaloosa AL or Athens GA. One really can’t count Atlanta as typical soutghern any longer either, I suppose, since the great northern invasion of that city post WWII. More northerners than southerners living there, I think. I exaggerate a bit, but the influence is immense, not to mention the growth of Atlanta makes it less than typical as well. Anyway, of course you are right that by getting to know your classmates and “comparing notes”, you get insight into regional differences. That is why Tulane always brags about being so geographically diverse, even if they still cannot claim to be very racially diverse. They are trying, I know, and I am sure those numbers will improve soon.

You are certainly correct as well about international students. That is a phenomenon that has only started to become true, but the numbers are changing fast. In only 3 years the school has gone from something like 15 to 75 international students in the undergraduate population. These things take time, of course.