Upshot, is that any students who were admitted in a college/univeristy in the affected region will be admitted into U of M, and all students who already paid for their tuition for the semester will be considered ‘paid up’ for U of M. Students who hadn’t paid for their tuition yet will be charged at the in-state rates, not out of state. (They’re working on housing as well.)
The semester just started, so students won’t be much (if any) behind, and the faculty is willing to adjust to help newcomers catch up.
From the CBS News story linked by gardentraveler in post #13:
My alma mater is offering housing to up to 18 female Dillard students, as well as fall tuition waivers for those women and any of their classmates. If the response from the Dillard community is minimal, Virginia Wesleyan’s invitation will be extended to any other undergrads displaced by Katrina.
Here is a letter from Dillard President Hughes. She says that “*nstruction will resume immediately following the clearance to return to New Orleans”, but gives no timetable for when such a return may be possible.
Clarke College, where I work, is taking in 10 students originally from the area who were enrolled in colleges effected by Katrina. Here’s our site with the press release: http://www.clarke.edu/katrina/
I read in the Buffalo News yesterday that the New York State chancellor is working with all the SUNY schools to bring in displaced students at in-state tuitions.
Canisius college in Buffalo is helping fellow Jesuit college Tulane by taking a bunch of students and faculty.
I know Columbia College is taking in undergraduates, and the graduate schools are working on deals for students, too. Graduate students are going to be much harder to deal with, though, since many of them will have lost years of research and will no longer have a viable thesis project.
Stanford is taking in qualified students as nonmatriculated students. It’s up to the home universities how they want to credit the classes toward their degrees, especially since Stanford runs on the quarter system, not the semester system.
Stanford won’t charge these students for tuition, but they’re expected to keep on paying tuition to their home universities. They only have to pay Stanford room and board, plus incidentals, which is v. good. :eek:
As for the grad schools, the summary is available at the linky – they’re working on deals for various students and faculty
