Scott Cowen
Scott Cowen
Scott S. Cowen was 14th president of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was also Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business and professor of economics in Tulane's School of Liberal Arts. He has written more than a hundred peer-reviewed journal articles and five books. His most recent book, The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Cowen is the...
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Until a commission is sanctioned to sift through all these ideas and coalesce it into a single vision, I don't think people will pay much attention.
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One could make a case for all five of those teams matching up with our criteria. The net result, I think, is Conference USA is going to be stronger than it is today in terms of alignment.
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I think we have to have a very comprehensive plan to rebuild the city,
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Speed is the most important thing to keep in mind, because we have a city that was decimated,
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I deeply regret that employee reductions were necessary to secure the university's future. We have tried to make the reductions as strategically and humanely as possible, recognizing the hardship it places on those whose positions have been terminated.
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We're the single largest private employer (in Orleans Parish), ... What does it say if the single largest employer doesn't get up?
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We were talking at a very high level of conversation about principles and values. It's another thing to come up with real solutions. I'm only speaking personally, but if the solution they come up with is only to add a fifth bowl and a little more access, that is not a successful resolution of the issues.
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We are the only large institution that is currently standing in New Orleans right now.
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We have an opportunity of a lifetime: Out of adversity to create a school system that would be the envy of people around the country.
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We believe that chartering is a very good short-term intervention given our situation, but it's not a long-term solution to running a medium- or large-scale school district.
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We want our athletes to carry the torch, face, and name of Tulane University during this difficult time.