22 Quotes by Scott Cowen

It's not only important for Tulane to come back, it's important for the city of New Orleans to come back, ... We don't want to be an oasis in an otherwise desolate land.

The new model would fundamentally transform the look and feel of the New Orleans public schools. You hear the phrase, 'No child left behind,' I'd like to give meaning to that.

If you lost an entire year, it would be very difficult to retain students and to retain faculty, ... They, because of the risk associated, would feel like they should transfer somewhere else.

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.