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Western Kentucky Univ--(general and law) student and faculty offer

Folks,

I just wanted to put this out there in case anyone on the list knows of
any people needing assistance. In order to help out those in higher
education who have been affected by the storm, Western Kentucky
University has undertaken two intitiatives, one for students and one
for
faculty members:

1) Western Kentucky University will admit and enroll students currently
enrolled at any college or university in the Gulf Coast region free of
any tuition obligation. If a student has already paid tuition at
another
institution, we will not expect them to pay us to take classes here. If
a student is not enrolled (i.e., not already paid tuition somewhere
else), then we will ask the student to pay our in-state tuition rate
regardless of the state from which they are coming. These students will
be asked to pay for books, meals, housing, and other personal items.

2) Western Kentucky University will welcome any faculty transitions
_for
the short- or long-term for those on the faculty of any of the
institutions in the Gulf Coast region. Please contact Dr. John Petersen
at WKU if you know of any faculty members who need assistance in
sustaining their research or need a place to relocate for a few weeks
or
months. We will welcome the teaching help or research efforts of those
who seek to join us. We will handle the financial variables on a
case-by-case basis.

Thank you for helping us get the word out.

--Bryan M. Carson
--
Bryan M. Carson, J.D., M.I.L.S.
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Reference and Instructional Services
Associated Faculty--Library Media Education Program
Western Kentucky University Libraries
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11067, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101-11067
Phone:  270-745-5007;  Fax:    270-745-2275
[email protected]

UNC-Chapel Hill

Update from Paul Jackson:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accepting displaced

students in the Law School and Medical School.

Options for displaced students-law and other (3)

UALR welcomed 24 Gulf Coast students to campus a day after UALR Chancellor Joel E. Anderson and UA Systems President B. Alan Sugg offered free or reduced tuition for college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding.  Anderson and Belcher directed students from those schools wishing to enroll at UALR to the University's director of recruitment, Dr. Robert C. Mock at (501) 683-1147 or via email at [email protected].

New York, Iona College in New Rochelle enrolled several Tulane students yesterday, said Meghan Finn, an Iona spokeswoman.  Syracuse University said it would enroll Tulane students at no charge, on a temporary basis, until Tulane reopens. Syracuse University is now working to arrange class schedules and local housing for 300 students from Tulane and other universities affected by Hurricane Katrina.  SU College of Law will play a role in the relief effort. The college has notified the American Association of Law Schools and American Bar Association that it will, for the fall semester, take any Tulane or Loyola New Orleans students who have paid tuition to their home school and are in good standing. Details are still being worked out; more information is available by contacting the College at (315) 443-9580 or at [email protected].

Options for displaced students-law and other (2)

Seven of the 23 Cal State universities, including  Cal State East Bay in Hayward, are also offering admission to students of universities damaged by the storm. The other Cal State campuses include Bakersfield, Chico, Dominguez Hills, Humboldt, Los Angeles and Sacramento. Cal State East Bay's classes begin Sept. 22.

Students wishing to register at Holy Names should contact the admissions office at 510-436-1124 or email [email protected]. Contact Cal State East Bay at 510-885-7563 or apply online at www.csueastbay.edu/apply. Students interested in attending another CSU campus should call contact the Chancellor's Office of Academic Affairs at 562-951-4727.

University of Memphis Admissions    In light of the uncertainty surrounding re-habitation of the areas in the Gulf Coast, the University of Memphis will immediately accept students who are currently enrolled in accredited colleges and universities located in that region. Students who have not paid tuition at their home institution will be accepted at the in-state rate. Students whose tuition expenses have been paid to their home institutions will not be required to made additional payments. The University of Memphis is not requiring transcripts nor test scores until such documents are available.   For further information, please contact Gloria Moore in the Office of Admissions at 901/678-2111 or 800/669-2678.

Options for Displaced Students: law and other

Paul Jackson has compiled information from a wide variety of sources regarding universities and schools offering options for displaced students. The information was current as of 9/2. There is much info so I've broken it up into several shorter posts. Please send any updated news as you see it!

I've thrown this together quickly, from news accounts. I'm sure it is not complete.  I don't find any other source that lists options such as this.  It seems SLA or other such organizations, as an organization, should be developing this kind of information for all libraries and FEMA and RED Cross (anyone helping families) to have access to.  It's possible that someone at the Chronicle of Higher Education could develop this further?  There are Law Schools within these that have their own criteria as well...I've added notes to some.

Higher Education offerings for displaced students affected by Katrina. 

The assistance is being offered to students from such institutions as

None has yet announced if they will be able to reopen for the fall term.

Dillard University,Loyola University- New Orleans, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Southern University-New Orleans, Tulane University, the University of New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana , Troy, and other colleges and universities affected by Katrina.

AALS and ABA initiative

Colleagues:

Representatives of the ABA and the AALS have just had a conference call
with Deans Larry Ponoroff of Tulane and Brian Bromberger of New Orleans.
As they have indicated in an e-mail from Larry Ponoroff that you have
received, Deans Ponoroff and Bromberger are most thankful for the many
offers that have been received from so many law schools to admit some of
their students on a transient basis.  The Deans are encouraging as many
law schools as are able to accommodate some New Orleans and Tulane
students on a transient basis for the fall semester.  The two schools
will be evaluating their situations as the fall progresses to determine
whether and to what extent they will be able to hold classes beginning
in January.

In order to facilitate the placement of students, the AALS will host on
its website a list of law schools that are able to admit some New
Orleans and Tulane students and the basis on which individual law
schools will do so.  New Orleans and Tulane will establish a link from
their emergency websites to the AALS site.  

Schools that are able to admit some New Orleans and Tulane students as
transient or visiting students should as soon as possible submit a short
statement of the basis on which they can accommodate students from the
New Orleans schools to AALS Deputy Director Elizabeth Patterson:
[email protected].  In order to have some uniformity, the statement
should touch on at least the following issues:

________________________________________

Name and location of the school

The term (fall or full year) for which students will be admitted

The type of student who will be admitted (e.g., only 3Ls, or any Tulane
or New Orleans J.D. student)

The maximum number of students the school can accommodate

Any other limitations on the types of students that will be admitted or
the bases of admission.  (We strongly encourage schools, however, not to
require specific documentation that a student is enrolled at one of the
schools, since obtaining that documentation will be difficult.  We
encourage schools to rely on assurances from the students concerning
their status at Tulane or New Orleans.)

Information as to how to apply and whom to contact at the school.

________________________________________________________

The statements that schools submit will be posted on the AALS website in
alphabetical order.  In order to facilitate rapid placement of students
from the New Orleans schools, please submit your school's statements
today or tomorrow, if at all possible.

After you know what students from New Orleans and Tulane have enrolled
at your school, please submit those students names and home school to
AALS Deputy Director Elizabeth Patterson, who will collect the
information and provide it to the two schools.

If you have any questions about the system that we have created, please
feel free to contact AALS Deputy Director Patterson, ABA Associate
Consultant Camille deJorna [312-988-6742; [email protected]] or
me.

Thank you all for your wonderful offers of assistant to our New Orleans
colleagues and their students.

John A. Sebert	
Consultant on Legal Education	
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312/988-6746
fax: 312-988-5681
[email protected]