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Argosy University - Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Waived tuition for students who have already registered and paid tuition at their home institution for Fall 2005. Both on-campus and online courses available. If not yet paid tuition at home institution, they will be assessed the lesser of the current published tuition and fees at home institution, or Argosy University's published tuition and fees.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact 1.800.377.0617

Argosy University - Schaumburg, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Waived tuition for students who have already registered and paid tuition at their home institution for Fall 2005. Both on-campus and online courses available. If not yet paid tuition at home institution, they will be assessed the lesser of the current published tuition and fees at home institution, or Argosy University's published tuition and fees.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact 1.800.377.0617

Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
Assistance Offered Enroll up to 10 students on a tuition-free basis for the fall term. Room and board costs would be assessed.
Restrictions Only students from Dillard, Loyola, and Tulane Universities
Tuition Tuition is waived
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact 1-800-798-8200, ext. 7419

Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering "temporary" admission; students would only pay tuition due to their home institution and tuition would be forwarded to those institutions. If tuition is already paid, Benedictine will honor that commitment. Free housing will be offered as space permits.
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition will be collected (if not already paid) and sent to the student's affected institution.
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Barb Dwyer, director of community development, at (630) 829-6003 or by e-mail at bdwyer@ben.edu

Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering fall enrollment and assistance with financial aid and housing
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact (773) 821-2444

City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Allow students from Chicago to Audit courses equivalent to those affected in their 2005 course schedule. This will be at no expense.
Restrictions Only students from Chicago
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact 773-COLLEGE

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Will enroll and house a limited number of at risk or in need undergraduate students. All expenses--tuition, room and board, and transportation costs will be covered until students are able to return to their home institution.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline Classes begin September 6th but will be able to assist students at a later date.
Contact Murphy Monroe, Executive Director of Admissions (312) 344-7133 or mmonroe@colum.edu

Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois
Assistance Offered Extending enrollment through Monday, September 12th; class offering may be limited but will work with students. All late registration fees waived and financial assistance will be provided as possible.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline September 12th
Contact Matt Downs, Associate Director of Admission (800) 285-2668 or Evelyn Burdick, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services (708) 209-3259

DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering fall enrollment and assistance on a case-by-case basis
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline Classes begin September 7th
Contact Admissions Office (312) 362-8300

Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois
Assistance Offered Fall enrollment. Classes begin Wednesday, September 7th, however the university will accept students through September 14th. Application fees will be waived, expedited admissions and advising, and full consideration for scholarships and financial aid are offered.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing Housing is available.
Enrollment Deadline
Contact

East-West University, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering fall enrollment; waiving tuition
Restrictions
Tuition Waiving tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline September 23rd
Contact William Link, Director of Admissions (312) 939-0111 x. 1829

Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois
Assistance Offered Students impacted by Hurricane Katrina are welcome to apply to attend Elmhurst College as Visiting Students for the 2005 fall term. Elmhurst will work with individuals to arrange entry into appropriate classes until September 15. The College has a 'sister school' arrangement with Dillard U. Elmhurst College is currently expecting to welcome 8 displaced students from Louisiana; that total could increase.
Restrictions
Tuition Elmhurst will not charge tuition beyond what a student is already paying to his/her home institution.
Housing As campus housing is now filled, Elmhurst can accept only those able to commute to campus. Board charges optional; inquire as needed.
Enrollment Deadline Please notify the College of potential interest by Sept. 9.
Contact Dr. Gene Losey (630-617-3063, or genel@elmhurst.edu)

Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering enrollment (visiting status) to 10 to 12 Dillard students; waiving usual charges.
Restrictions Dillard students
Tuition
Housing Limited housing available.
Enrollment Deadline September 12th
Contact Office of Admissions (866) 464-5265 or admissions@ic.edu

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Assistance Offered Temporary enrollment, books, and other services
Restrictions
Tuition TBD
Housing Housing is available and ready
Enrollment Deadline
Contact www.ilstu.edu

Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering enrollment as space is available.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Admissions Office: (309) 556-3031

Judson College, Elgin, Illinois
Assistance Offered Enroll up to 10 Tulane University architecture students for the rest of the academic year
Restrictions Maximum of 10 Tulane University architecture students for the rest of the academic year
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Keelan Kaiser - kkaiser@judsoncollege.edu

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline Enrollment Deadline was Friday, September 9, 2005
Contact

MacMurry College, Jacksonville, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering special admission to students on a case-by-case basis.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing Offering residential space on and off campus.
Enrollment Deadline
Contact

McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois
Assistance Offered Accept applications from any student enrolled at an institution in the Gulf Coast flood areas. The College will provide free tuition for the Fall 2005 semester to these visiting students who meet the college's admission standards. Displaced international students from Tulane University (along with their families) are invited to stay in campus housing at McKendree
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition is waived
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact (618) 537-4481

Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois
Assistance Offered Midwestern University (MWU) is reaching out to assist health professions students whose academic year was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina. Students as well as medical residents and interns are welcome to either audit or enroll in classes in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, occupational therapy, biomedical sciences, or clinical psychology at MWU's Downers Grove Campus. Additionally, the University will contribute to the students’ travel funds or living funds as part of MWU’s outreach to those affected by the storm. Financial aid counselors will also work with full-time transferred students to obtain any federal loans that are available to them.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Karen Johnson, Vice President of University Relations; 630/515-7333; communications@midwestern.edu

Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering special assistance with admission, registration, and housing
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing No residence hall space available.
Enrollment Deadline
Contact

Monmouth College, Monmouth (Western Illinois), Illinois
Assistance Offered Students who are enrolled at an institution closed by the hurricane may apply for admission as visiting students. While tuition charges at Monmouth will be waived for displaced students who are accepted, they will be expected to honor tuition commitments to their home institutions. Courses taken by displaced students will be for the sole purposes of transfer back to the home institution. Applications for displaced students will be accepted through Sept. 16. Students may request additional information or initiate an application by contacting director of new student enrollment Christine Johnston at cjohnsto@monm.edu. Additional information is available online at http://www.monm.edu/news/releases2005/hurricane-relief.9-7-05.htm
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition charges at Monmouth will be waived for displaced students who are accepted, they will be expected to honor tuition commitments to their home institutions.
Housing Contact Christine Johnston at cjohnsto@monm.edu
Enrollment Deadline Sept. 16, 2005
Contact Students may request additional information or initiate an application by contacting director of new student enrollment Christine Johnston at cjohnsto@monm.edu

Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering students who are from the Moraine Valley area and who are members of displaced families who have relocated to the area the opportunity to audit classes at no cost. Also will work with students desiring to earn credit.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing Will assist students in finding housing.
Enrollment Deadline
Contact

National-Louis University, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered National-Louis University will admit any student already enrolled in an accredited university, college or community college within the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding. Currently enrolled students from institutions closed by the disaster will remain students of record at their home campuses. National-Louis will also facilitate the application and admission of any student not currently enrolled but who may wish to take classes during the period they are displaced. The university also has up to thirty beds in its dormitory in Evanston, Ill. available to residential students who wish to enroll at the university. National-Louis will waive room and board charges for those students for the remainder of this academic year. National-Louis has campuses in Chicago, Evanston, Lisle, Elgin, Wheeling, and Beloit and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pappas added that the offer extends as well to classes at the university’s Florida and Washington, D.C. campuses.
Restrictions
Tuition “We will work intensively and quickly with these students to facilitate financial arrangements, the transfer of credits and prior tuition payments—basically we will have a team devoted to cutting through red tape,” said Brisbane Rouzan, the university’s Ombudsman.
Housing The university also has up to thirty beds in its dormitory in Evanston, Ill. available to residential students who wish to enroll at the university. National-Louis will waive room and board charges for those students for the remainder of this academic year.
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Brisbane Rouzan or Larry Polselli, Vice President for Enrollment at 1-888-NLU TODAY or through www.nl.edu

North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
Assistance Offered Although North Central College has virtually no residence hall space available, we can find room in our classrooms for some commuting students and we are responding rapidly and flexibly to student circumstances on a one-by-one basis. In addition, we are offering a special helping hand to students of sister United Methodist institution Dillard University, holding the last remaining residence hall rooms — less than 10 — for women students from Dillard, whom we can enroll as exchange students without a lot of concern about paperwork.
Restrictions
Tuition Waived for fall term.
Housing Limited to 10 spaces for female students; $6,933 average.
Enrollment Deadline School began Sept. 12, but we will work with interested students on a case-by-case basis to try to meet their needs.
Contact The Office of Admission at 630-636-5800

Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering fall enrollment to students on a case-by-case basis; waiving tuition for Illinois residents; out-of-state residents will be charge the in-state tuition rate
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition is waived for Illinois residents; in-state tuition rate charged to out-of-state residents.
Housing
Enrollment Deadline September 10th
Contact Office of Enrollment Services (773) 442-4022

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Assistance Offered Any Illinois resident displaced from study at a Gulf Coast institution may be admitted to NIU for the fall semester. Private donations make it possible for NIU to offer tuition waivers, free or discounted room and board and other financial aid to qualifying students.
Restrictions
Tuition Based on ability to pay - some may qualify for complete waivers of tuition and fees, as well as supplementary financial aid
Housing Free housing available off campus in donated apartment space, individual homes, etc.
Enrollment Deadline 38604
Contact Vice Provost Dr. Earl 'Gip' Seaver @ (815) 753-0494

Northwestern Business College, Chicago, Bridgeview & Naperville, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering fall & winter classes to students displaced by Hurricane Katrina
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition, less any Federal and state aid, will be waived for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Housing N/A
Enrollment Deadline Deadline for Fall is extended to 9/21/05 for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Classes Start 9/7/05.
Contact NBC Admissions department of the campus nearest them: Chicago 800-396-5613; Bridgeview 800-682-9113; Naperville 866-622-6785

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Assistance Offered Fall Enrollment. Undergraduate students should apply through the School of Continuing Studies -- application deadline is September 15th. All courses where space is available are open to these students. In addition, where space is available these visiting students may enroll in undergraduate courses in other Northwestern schools. Graduate students will also be admitted for the Fall term. Northwestern Law School will also offer 15 second and third year law students fall enrollment.
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition will be waived if students have already paid tuition at their home institution. If the student has not yet paid tuition at their home institution, Northwester will charge the home institution's tuition and transfer those funds.
Housing Limited housing is available.
Enrollment Deadline Fall quarter classes being September 20th.
Contact Undergraduates: Lesley Todd (847) 491-5251; scs@northwestern.edu or go to www.scs.northwestern.edu/ugrad/nondegree. Graduate students: Associate Dean Simon Greenwold (847) 467-1829; s-greenwold@northwestern.edu

Oakton Community College, Des Plaines (2 campuses: Des Plaines and Skokie), Illinois
Assistance Offered Admission to students displaced by the hurricane; in-district tuition; application and late fees waived
Restrictions
Tuition $69 per credit hour
Housing None
Enrollment Deadline As soon as possible; the College began classes on August 22
Contact Michele Brown, Director of Admission and Enrollment Management, 847-635-1629

Robert Morris College, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Enrollment for any displaced students. The fall quarter starts on Monday, September 26, 2005
Restrictions
Tuition Normal tuition is $5125. We are willing to work with these students.
Housing Upon availability - Chicago has many options
Enrollment Deadline Until 9/26
Contact Kerry Malm

Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered The University will work with students on an individual basis to facilitate their tuition and financial aid arrangements. Application fees will be waived and admission staff will provide special enrollment assistance. Housing may also be available for a limited number of students.
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline September 13th
Contact Admissions - (877) 277-5978

Rush University, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Medical and Health Professions; upper division, graduate and professional
Restrictions
Tuition Dependent on individual circumstances; likely waived.
Housing No on-campus housing available; assistance in locating housing.
Enrollment Deadline ASAP - not later than September 26, 2005
Contact John E. Trufant, Associate Provost - 312-942-7120

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Tuition and fees will be waived on a case by case basis. A limited number of spaces in the residence halls are available at no charge.
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition and fees for the fall semester will be waived on a case by case basis.
Housing A limited number of spaces are available. Housing charges will be waived on a case-by-case basis.
Enrollment Deadline The fall semester began on September 2 but students may register through September 14.
Contact Interested students should call the Admissions office at 1.800.232.7242 or visit the website at www.artic.edu/saic.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
Assistance Offered Accept undergraduate and graduate students attending Gulf Coast Universities at the in-state tuition rate. The University will expedite the admissions process - including waiving application and late registration fees - and assist the students in finding housing.
Restrictions
Tuition In-state tuition rate
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Students and parents can call Jim Carl in SIUC's undergraduate admissions office at (618) 453-2961, or email at jcarl@siu.edu

The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered The Art Institutes will make available both on-campus and online courses that might be able to permit dislocated students to progress in their academic careers during this semester of disruption. Students at a university forced to close by Hurricane Katrina may register at any of The Art Institutes 31 locations across the nation for courses, on a space-available basis, for the fall semester. The Art Institutes is a group of 31educational institutions located throughout North America. Offering a broad range of programs including: audio production, culinary arts, culinary management, fashion design, fashion marketing, graphic design, industrial design technology, interior design, media arts & animation, multimedia & Web design, photography, restaurant management and video production. Not all programs are offered at all schools.
Restrictions
Tuition The Art Institutes will waive tuition for dislocated students who have already registered and paid tuition at their home institution for the fall 2005 semester. If dislocated students have not yet paid their tuition at their home institution, they will be assessed the lesser of the current published tuition and fees at the home institution, or The Art Institutes’ published tuition and fees for the fall semester, as determined by the school president.
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact www.artinstitutes.edu/katrina or call the National Admissions Information Center at 1-888-328-7900

The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg, Schaumburg, Illinois
Assistance Offered The Art Institutes will make available both on-campus and online courses that might be able to permit dislocated students to progress in their academic careers during this semester of disruption. Students at a university forced to close by Hurricane Katrina may register at any of The Art Institutes 31 locations across the nation for courses, on a space-available basis, for the fall semester. The Art Institutes is a group of 31educational institutions located throughout North America. Offering a broad range of programs including: audio production, culinary arts, culinary management, fashion design, fashion marketing, graphic design, industrial design technology, interior design, media arts & animation, multimedia & Web design, photography, restaurant management and video production. Not all programs are offered at all schools.
Restrictions
Tuition The Art Institutes will waive tuition for dislocated students who have already registered and paid tuition at their home institution for the fall 2005 semester. If dislocated students have not yet paid their tuition at their home institution, they will be assessed the lesser of the current published tuition and fees at the home institution, or The Art Institutes’ published tuition and fees for the fall semester, as determined by the school president.
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact www.artinstitutes.edu/katrina or call the National Admissions Information Center at 1-888-328-7900

Triton College, River Grove, Illinois
Assistance Offered Customized support and access to educational services, personally assisting individuals in securing access resources and services that Triton College has available for Golf Coast students. Some of the resources and services immediately available include: In-district tuition and scholarships Distance education - including online courses and telecourses Enrollment in courses - including courses starting late in the semester Access to our Educational Technology Resource Center and Library - where students can use computers to continue working on online courses from other institutions and work on assignments Counseling Individualized assistance with financial aid and alternative funding sources Access to academic support services - such as tutoring
Restrictions
Tuition In-district tuition and scholarship opportunities available.
Housing We will provide personalized assistance including assistance with identifying housing.
Enrollment Deadline Students are encouraged to contact the College at any time during the semester. Triton College has classes starting all through the semester and we will work with the student to accommodate their educational needs.
Contact Contact Person: Joe Klinger, College Relations Associate Phone: (708) 456-0300, Ext. 4113 E-mail: jklinger@triton.edu

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering enrollment to the College of the University of Chicago or the Law School for the fall semester; limited number of undergraduate and spaces for five to 15 law students. Application fees waived; undergraduate students need to fill out an application at http://phoenix.uchicago.edu/sal by Monday, September 12. Decisions will be made by September 16. Law school should contact Ann Perry, Dean of Students at akperry@uchicago.edu by Sept. 8
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline Applications are due September 12th and classes begin Monday, September 26th
Contact

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
Assistance Offered Offering enrollment up to 40 students; also exploring ways to offer courses through the Guided Individual Study
Restrictions
Tuition
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Office of Admissions and Records (217) 333-0302. For financial aid assistance: (217) 333-0100

Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois
Assistance Offered Assistance in educational planning and enrollment in classes. The college offers flexible scheduling, late start classes and a wide variety of online courses.
Restrictions
Tuition Tuition is $62 per semester credit hour plus a $2 per credit hour fee. We are researching other options including scholarships and temporary loans.
Housing The college has no student housing.
Enrollment Deadline Depends on schedule of classes needed by the student. Enrollment continues throughout the semester.
Contact Dr. Doug McCoy at (630) 466-5730 or dmccoy@waubonsee.edu

Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
Assistance Offered Students displaced by the hurricane will be extended in-state tuition rates and are eligible for Western's Cost Guarantee program until such that they wish to transfer to their previous institutions. Western's Cost Guarantee freezes tuition, fees, room and board for students who remain continuously enrolled at the University at the cost level of their first year at Western. Support will be provided in their transition from classroom to disaster relief duty.
Restrictions students from only Macomb or Quad Cities campus
Tuition In-state tuition rate
Housing
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Office of admissions at (309) 298-3157. National Guard or Military Reserves should notify Office of the Registrar - Alan DeRoos or Associate Registrar Deann Combites at (309) 298-1891.

Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
Assistance Offered Wheaton College (Ill.) joins many local and national colleges opening their doors to displaced college students, enrolling the students as “temporary enrollees.” Although space is limited, Wheaton is committed to helping those students seeking an educational experience within a Christian community. Financial arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis. The Admissions Office requires a completed application, the first essay of the application to be completed, and a high school transcript (if available). All other requirements, including the application fee, recommendations and remaining essays will be waived. For application information, visit our Admissions Web site.
Restrictions
Tuition Financial arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Housing Housing is available for 18 students. Financial arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Enrollment Deadline
Contact Shawn Leftwich, Director of Admissions, 630/752-5011

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