New 'Academic Redshirt' For Engineering Undergrads at UW

vinces99 writes "Redshirting isn't just for athletes anymore. The University of Washington and Washington State University are collaborating on an 'academic redshirt' program that will bring dozens of low-income Washington state high school graduates to the two universities to study engineering in a five-year bachelor's program. The first year will help those incoming freshmen acclimate to university-level courses and workload and prepare to major in an engineering discipline."

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So... they get eaten by the salt vampire?

[Kenja]

I just picture some low income student showing up in a red shirt to a room full of grinning SOBs in yellow and blue.