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Cake is a lie, science is the truth.

Actually, you can NEVER prove anything in science. They teach us that in science biggrin.gif

Anyway I thought CS jobs were in relatively high demand? I'm a CS major at BGSU and there's a lot of others as well. Sure, there's no 200 person lecture because it's computer science, not geography or economics.
    
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Was their CS program already at risk from being unaccredited? Maybe they want to cut the program because they did not want to increase funds to improve the program.

Universities are a for-profit organization, so a school like UF would likely view athletics as being more important than CS. Maybe they did not get a lot of donations from CS alumni, so that is why they are cutting the program.

Education system is messed up.
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post #23 of 81
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Does sports make more money for them? confused.gif

At the University of Florida? Hell yeah it does. This is one of the most elite sports programs in the nation, they rake in cash year round.

On topic, looks like I won't be going to UF now. My hometown's school has made me disappointed.
    
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This state is a joke.

agreed
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What a sensationalist title. It appears that the computer science department is planned to be moved into the engineering department. Of course, such a title won't get as much clicks and ad revenue. I'm not saying that the move should be praised, but it certainly isn't as bad as eliminating an entire department (which would save a lot more than 1.4 million dollars)
http://www.eng.ufl.edu/news/uf-statement-made-april-23rd-2012/
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-florida/1328820-uf-eliminating-computer-science-department.html
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What a sensationalist title. It appears that the computer science department is planned to be moved into the engineering department. Of course, such a title won't get as much clicks and ad revenue. I'm not saying that the move should be praised, but it certainly isn't as bad as eliminating an entire department (which would save a lot more than 1.4 million dollars)
http://www.eng.ufl.edu/news/uf-statement-made-april-23rd-2012/
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-florida/1328820-uf-eliminating-computer-science-department.html
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A Forbes article by contributing writer Steven Salzberg falsely claims that the University of Florida is eliminating the Computer Science Department. There have been similar claims made by others on other media platforms.

Looks like Forbes is pretty unreliable then. Good catch.
    
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post #27 of 81
The Scholar in me wants to kill whoever made that decision right now. That's just not right.

EDIT: nice edit above. Guess I don't have to kill anyone after all. tongue.gif
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The Scholar in me wants to kill whoever made that decision right now. That's just not right.
EDIT: nice edit above. Guess I don't have to kill anyone after all. tongue.gif

Well, if your in the mood, we'll send you over to Apple HQ to make us all very happy tongue.gif

OT. Good to see this is just sensationalist jour- On second thought, can we call even sensationalist style journalism, journalism? "News" companies are turning into trashy tabloids more and more every day, all for the need to make more money. Glad they are simply moving the department/streamlining rather than eliminating, but I'm still wondering how this will affect the students.
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Americans care too much about pointless sports, especially tacky sports like football.
Edited by perfectblade - 4/23/12 at 5:23pm
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lolwut? UF eliminating CS is like me voluntarily rip out a kidney
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