Cummings, associate dean for academic affairs at Indiana Tech's new law school, said plans to enroll 100 students in the fall class may have to be scaled back.
His first challenge, however, will be coping with rapid growth - hundreds of students returned to New Orleans and re-enroll every month, and the city faces a severe teacher shortage.
As students in universities across the country enroll in fall courses and the school year begins afresh, new ways of thinking are more appropriate than ever.