Universities in New Orleans are expecting surges of freshmen for the fall semester, based on increases in the number of students who have made financial commitments to schools. Less than two years after Hurricane Katrina blasted the city, Tulane University has reported a 56 percent jump from last year in the number of high school seniors who have sent in their $300 deposits to reserve spots in the Class of 2011, and the number of $20 payments to Xavier University has risen by 30 percent.
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EARLIER: As colleges and universities in New Orleans continue their recovery from Hurricane Katrina, the pace of repairs has differed from campus to campus. Southern University of New Orleans students are still in trailers because work on their Pontchartrain Park campus didn't start until the day after Christmas; Delgado Community College's City Park campus and the University of New Orleans are lively once again, and students are strolling beneath Dillard University's stately oaks. Students and faculty members have had to become accustomed to buildings that are still off-limits, and to workers and heavy equipment that are still at work restoring buildings such as Dillard's library and Delgado's Student Services Center. (The New Orleans Times-Picayune)
