Harry Erwin's Letter from England: "Over the last five years in the UK, recruitment of students into computing, engineering, and technology programs has crashed to about 20% of what it was in 2000. This has affected the teaching universities in particular, as they serve as insurance schools for many students. The main problem is not students responding to a perceived downturn in the job market, but rather appears to be uninteresting (to students) course content. The university is considering elimination of our programs in these three areas (math and statistics were similarly eliminated about ten years ago) as not economically viable, but the school has been given a reprieve to see if we can turn things around in the next year."
And so the West's long slow march into darkness passes another milestone.
Posted on April 23, 2007 04:21 PM