Inside Higher Ed: A smaller Tulane
The flooding from Hurricane Katrina has receded, and the Tulane University that was left standing has decided to be a smaller institution. On Thursday Tulane announced the cuts it is making in the face of $200 million in recovery costs and a projected budget shortfall next year.
The positions of 230 faculty members — 65 of them tenured, and 180 of whom are in the medical school — will be eliminated. Tulane is also cutting its athletic program from 16 teams down to 8. Five academic programs — four in engineering, plus exercise and sport science — will also go.
The New York Times: Lean Tulane to Reopen Its Campus Next Month
Tulane University announced yesterday that it would reopen in New Orleans next month as a sharply scaled-back institution, coping with the effects of Hurricane Katrina by laying off more than 200 faculty members, eliminating some academic programs and carrying half as many varsity sports teams.
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