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University of Michigan Dean of Students, Sue Eklund, is working with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army to coordinate the housing needs of displaced university students and faculty. In addition, you may be interested in a new website created by the U of MI School of Information, www.katrinahousing.net, which consolidates offers of housing assistance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
There are three very extensive lists of schools offering accommodation to Katrina-displaced students. Each has details:
Posts about Colleges Accepting Displaced Students that have been generated on WMST-L are listed at http://chicanas.com/katrina/ with links to current pages at the various universities--institutional details vary from free tuition at Willamette in Oregon, to waiving of out-of-state tuition at the California State system. Corrections, updates, or referrals are appreciated to susana@chicanas.com. Please feel free to circulate as necessary.
Nearly every college/university in the country is accepting displaced students. There are disaster
policies in place with regard to student loans and financial aid that were reported in the September 2 Chronicle of Higher Education and more information is available at http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0404.html.
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This page was prepared by Prescott College faculty member, Joan Clingan. Suggestions for additions or corrections are welcomed. Please check back as this page will be updated daily for as long as it is useful to do so.
Last updated September 27, 2005.
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