What is the rationale for paying Tulane tuition?
The current tuition policy was designed to allow our students the opportunity to continue their studies in the fall 2005 semester without interruption. To do so, the tuition policy was shaped, in part, by the nine leading higher education associations in the United States, to provide an extraordinarily generous form of assistance to Tulane students in a time of critical need. It was the intent of these associations for Tulane University and other affected universities and colleges to retain all tuition from their students regardless of where the students attended college in fall 2005 and in exchange, allow these students to take classes for credit as visitors. While some state statutes prohibit some schools from enrolling Tulane students without assessing some form of tuition, it was never the intent of the guidelines to provide lower cost alternatives or impose an added financial burden on students; rather, the intent was to provide immediate relief, on a temporary basis, during this
