School of Continuing Studies: Administration
2008-2009 Academic Year
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Elliott Voivedich, Recruiter
Greg Fletcher, Project Assistant
Patricia Oates, Project Coordinator
Barbara White, Project Assistant
PROFESSORS OF PRACTICE
Carrie Schwartz
Kay McLennan
Lance B. Green
Karen Delzell-Lucas
Sanda Spicmiler-Lewis
R. Randall Couch
The School of Continuing Studies offers bachelor and associate degree,
certificate, and professional development programs to meet the educational needs
of the Greater New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf Coast communities. The School
of Continuing Studies shares the traditions of Tulane University and extends the
commitments and resources of a university founded in 1834 to an extensive and
diverse student body. Courses are designed for the needs of adults returning for
part-time study, for employed persons improving their skills through professional
development and seminars, and for traditional full-time and part-time college
students recently graduated from high school. Special programs are also available
for pre-college students.
Tulane's traditions of part-time education date from the university's founding. In
1888, University President William Preston Johnston established a threefold
objective for Tulane: the education of youth, community-oriented adult education,
and the advancement of knowledge through research. In 1942, largely through the
efforts of Roger P. McCutcheon, dean of the Graduate School, University College
was established: so named because its offerings cut across the university's many
academic fields. In 2006, University College was renamed the School of
Continuing Studies.
The School of Continuing Studies offices are located in Gibson Hall on Tulane
University's uptown campus but the School also makes its programs available at
campuses in Harahan at the Elmwood Campus and in Biloxi at the Mississippi
Coast Campus in Edgewater Mall.
The School of Continuing Studies curricula are designed to fill the needs of its
distinctive population. Offerings include:
· Degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences
· A program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences
· A program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities