James Carville accepts Tulane post

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Former Democratic Party political strategist James Carville says he has accepted a teaching post at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Carville, 64, who is credited with formulating the election strategy of former U.S. President Bill Clinton's 1992 victory, will join Tulane's political science faculty and instruct an undergraduate course studying President-elect Barack Obama's Nov. 4 election win, The Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans reported Tuesday.

In a statement, Carville said he is "pleased to be joining the faculty of such a prestigious university," even though he earned his undergraduate degree at Tulane's arch-rival, Louisiana State University.

Carville and his wife, Republican political strategist Mary Matalin, moved to New Orleans last summer from their former home in Washington.

Undergrads were chosen for Carville's course by filling out applications and submitting essays, with students chosen not only for the caliber of their academics but also to ensure diversity of political opinion, Michael Sherman, an adjunct assistant professor of political science who will be working with Carville on the course, told The Times-Picayune.