SIUC to enroll students displaced by hurricane

My alma mater, SIUC, is offering in-state tuition to victims of Katrina:

The University will admit students from storm-battered universities in the Gulf Coast region at in-state tuition rates, Chancellor Walter Wendler said Thursday. "These students were just starting school or getting ready to start school," Wendler said. "Now we're offering them the opportunity to go to school at SIU-Carbondale." The nature of the situation leaves details sparse. Administrators said they did not know how many students will take the University up on its offer or when they would begin classes. Since many students will have no access to their transcripts in the foreseeable future, Wendler said the University would admit them without their records. "We're going to bend all the rules to accommodate them," Wendler said. "Some of these students don't have transcripts. We're going to take them on their word."
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This is a wonderful opportunity to help students who have been displaced. They can still start the fall school year without worrying if their school will be reopened, if they can find housing or not, etc. Try it out, even if it is just for a year. SIU is a great school, with so many programs to choose from that students can probably find classes that will transfer back to their own school if they choose. (I'm biased, but I think they might as well stay all 4 years)