University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science, Increases Athletic Budget

[Serious]

I know I'm a month late, but this is beyond ridiculous.....

TAMPA, Fla. -- The University of Florida announced this past week it will drop its computer sciences department, giving the school an extra $1.7 million jingling in its pockets. This cut means elimination for all graduate and research programs and all teaching assistant positions.

The department includes approximately 610 bachelor students, 400 master's students, 130 PhD candidates, and 32 tenure-track faculty members. The dean of engineering, Dr. Cammy Abernathy, proposed a budget cut of 20 percent, and suggested students currently in the department would be moved to a hardware department and should expect to receive a software degree. The 20 percent cut makes up about 2 percent of the college's budget.

Carl de Boor, a professor in the department, wrote short letter to the university's president: "I have just learned that your school of engineering is in the process of dismantling a research department with national standing, developed and nurtured over many years, that brings in over 1M* [* the actual figure is closer to $5M] per year in research money and whose subject and results are absolutely vital to modern engineering, disrupting the careers of good people and interrupting, perhaps critically, the training of future professionals. What were you thinking?"

UF students have already created a website in hopes of saving the department. The online petition brought in more than 1,500 signatures in less than 24 hours. Students have received support from many, including Dr. Zvi Galil, the current dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, and Dr. Peter Freeman, the founding dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and former Assistant Director of NSF for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, as well as Eric Hanson, a senior manager at Microsoft.

Jacob Covington, a freshman at UF, is currently an electrical engineering major, with the hopes of becoming a computer science minor, but with this proposal, that won't be possible.

"It's not affecting me personally, but anyone that has to leave the [computer science] department will be moved into the electrical engineering department, so it affects my classes. The students who want to focus on computer science have to work it in with electrical engineering now," Covington said.

Where the leftover funds will end up in the question left in everyone's mind. Many look to the athletic department, which just this year took in about $99 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year.

Abernathy has extended the comment deadline on the proposal to May 7. Until then, students say they plan on doing all they can to fight the proposal, including a march and rally with United Faculty of Florida (UFF).

The online petition has more than 7,000 signatures; the students' goal is 7,500.

"It's not a university issue, it's a government issue," Covington said. "We're losing millions of dollars every year and now its effecting a large group of students."

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Yea you're late but oh well. Its Just how the inbreds down south are wired. FSU is cutting its anthropology dept and a couple of other depts too. Claim the thletic dept is in the red but are building a multimillion dollars indoor practice facility tho. This country's lack of concern towards academia, especially below the mason Dixon line, is retarded

 

[kash10003]

LMAO, doesn't that department help their engineering department (one of their better ones) keep their shyt up

 

[stealthbomber]

 

[Serious]

Yea you're late but oh well. Its Just how the inbreds down south are wired. FSU is cutting its anthropology dept and a couple of other depts too. Claim the thletic dept is in the red but are building a multimillion dollars indoor practice facility tho. This country's lack of concern towards academia, especially below the mason Dixon line, is retarded

Yeah, I know, I just heard about this and shook my head in disbelief

Knowledge is underrated. This is almost up there, with the garbage that comes out of AZ.

*Checks's AZ news headline*
*makes new thread about AZ Legistlation*

 

[stealthbomber]

Yeah, I know, I just heard about this and shook my head in disbelief

Knowledge is underrated. This is almost up there, with the garbage comes out of AZ.

*Checks's AZ news headline*
*makes new thread about AZ Legistlation*

that whole state is a disappointment. idk how half the shyt they do is even legal.

 

[FaTaL]

 

[Tom]

Yea you're late but oh well. Its Just how the inbreds down south are wired. FSU is cutting its anthropology dept and a couple of other depts too. Claim the thletic dept is in the red but are building a multimillion dollars indoor practice facility tho. This country's lack of concern towards academia, especially below the mason Dixon line, is retarded

anthropology dept being cut down in the bible belt?, very surprising.

 

[Serious]

that whole state is a disappointment. idk how half the shyt they do is even legal.

I think we might witness the succession of AZ, if Obama() wins ( ) the upcoming election

 

[sm0ke]

morons.

 

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[FaTaL]

I think we might witness the succession of AZ, if Obama() wins ( ) the upcoming election

i cant wait to see obama send in the army and have those traitors executed for treason on the front lawn of the white house

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Florida is a shythole

 

[Golayitdown]

Stupid

 

[jmegamar]

Wow, well honestly education in a lot of places isn't seen as the high priority. Most not to this extent, but just look at how much the average college football coach gets paid compared to anybody else at a college.