Scott Cowen Quotations

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.

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.

We want our athletes to carry the torch, face, and name of Tulane University during this difficult time.

If the Big Ten calls, ... maybe I'll return their call.

I think we have to have a very comprehensive plan to rebuild the city,

It is difficult to describe what this situation feels like for those involved. It is surreal and unfathomable. But I hope you will be patient and understanding of our situation as we work our way through the complexities.

We are the only large institution that is currently standing in New Orleans right now.

We have to have a whole new mind-set about how we approach public education. If we can get our heads around true transformation, we can turn it around.

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.

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.

We will have brought back about 25,000 people to the parish. We have restaurant owners and store owners who every day thank me for us being open because they're seeing their business picking up dramatically.

We're the single largest private employer (in Orleans Parish), ... What does it say if the single largest employer doesn't get up?

While this news is extremely disappointing to all of us, our students can continue their academic careers uninterrupted thanks to an avalanche of support from our colleagues in higher education,

There's nothing in common about this model and what was in existence pre-Katrina.

Speed is the most important thing to keep in mind, because we have a city that was decimated,

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.

This is a model that is starting to emerge in America, and we could be the first to bless it.

This is unprecedented in the history of the US, to have had a national disaster of this magnitude with a diaspora of this magnitude.

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.