tpstulane wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:09 am
Opinion: Tulane should relocate its campus
https://tulanehullabaloo.com/57727/view ... ts-campus/
Former students would understandably be discomforted by a Tulane separate from New Orleans, but they could take solace in knowing Tulane’s ethos and status would be preserved despite having to sacrifice its geographic and cultural history.
This process would be long and arduous, so starting as soon as possible would be best. Could a satellite campus be established in a similarly sized city? Austin, Texas, for example, looks nice.
Absolutely. Tulane could start a move anywhere—and it would long and arduous, but it could also ultimately solve the inherent disadvantages of N.O. But in regards to staying in Louisiana, I’ve argued since late in the Cowen admin, that Tulane should start migrating the undergrad programs across the lake. Keep the grad and professional programs on the Uptown campus. We have all kinds of room across the lake, can spread out, and not worry about Nimby’s. Even better, sell the uptown campus to HUD for conversion into a low income housing facility—chew on that Audubon Blvd. Moving across the lake would be no more radical than when Tulane moved from downtown to the current Uptown campus. With the new space, we can admit more of those 45,000 applicants each year. Long term, the economic future of Louisiana is on the I-12 corridor between B.R. and the Mississippi state line.