Chronicle of Higher Ed: Some Gulf-Area Colleges Close, Others Reopen This Week

by E Wayne Ross on September 6, 2005

Tulane U. and Loyola New Orleans Close for the Semester; Other Gulf-Area Colleges Reopen This Week

As federal and state officials continued to recover bodies and clean up the wreckage from Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans announced that they would close for the fall and reopen for the spring semester. Several other colleges on or near the Gulf Coast announced they would reopen within the week.