Louisiana Colleges, Universities Make Comebacks, Post-Katrina

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Local colleges and universities continued a long road to recovery throughout 2007, dealing with funding issues, physical recovery and enrollment fluctuations.

Life at Loyola and Tulane universities carried on in much the same fashion as before Hurricane Katrina heavily damaged the Uptown universities. About $5 million in repairs at Loyola have been completed, and Tulane is on a similar road to recovery after nearly $600 million in damages at its Uptown campus and its downtown medical school.

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Louisiana Colleges, Universities Make Comebacks, Post-Katrina

Close to $60 million in repairs have helped Xavier University return to 95 percent of its original capacity, said Marion Bracey, vice president of f...

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