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Tulane University to Reduce Engineering School

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the in-the-wake-of-disaster dept.

baldbobbo writes "According to University President Scott Cowen of Tulane University, the School of Engineering will be greatly reduced. I have to wonder, as a student who can graduate in May 2007 (the deadline for those students to still receive a degree in any of the cut majors) with a Computer Science degree, but wants to stay an extra year, should I transfer to another university, graduate on time, or switch majors?"

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  1. Re:A Suggestion by dbIII · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    If you want more school, go for a Master's degree. It's only 30 more hours.
    Is that true? Has US education really declined that much? Not only do you have to check that US graduates didn't get something from a degree mill, postgraduate students from a reputatable university don't have a minimum one year for a masters like in other countries so we have to ignore that qualifiaction as well?
  2. euphemisms by dorpus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So what they're saying is that they suck, so they are shutting down a large number of departments, and re-branding themselves as a bargain college for undergrads, so they can get drunk and run around naked at Mardi Gras.

  3. Switch to law - get a career by DukeLinux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I have one of those engineering degrees. It's pretty much worthless. Bail on engineering and get a law degree. You can get rich repossessing wheelchairs from the elderly or randomly suing doctors. Hey it's the only growing field left in America. You might as well jump on the gravy train while it is still roaring forward.