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Report of an AAUP Special Committee: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Universities

This report was published in the May-June 2007 issue of Academe.


Please note: these documents are in .pdf format.

Special Committee on Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Universities

Contents

I.   Introduction

II.  Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

III. University of New Orleans

IV. Southern University at New Orleans

V.  Loyola University New Orleans

VI.  Tulane University

VII. Overall Observations

VIII. Overall Conclusions

IX.  Addendum

 

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