[stuartcr]

That’s certainly not true in the tech/engineering world.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That’s certainly not true in the tech/engineering world.

Yeah, but those are real degrees.

Education, communications, general studies, etc. are just certificates of attendance.

But the student loans the dumb suckers are saddled with are real.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

My grandson has been accepted at Iowa State and Rose Hulman. He will be studying engineering.

Is the degree from Rose Hulman worth that much more than the degree from Iowa State?

[dsc]

“A Duke University spokesman said that 40 percent of Duke’s engineering graduates cannot get engineering jobs. A Duke University publication suggests that the best prospect for good engineering jobs is for the U.S. government to start another major project like going to the moon.”

[SeekAndFind]

That’s certainly not true in the tech/engineering world.

Can someone then verify this statement from the same article :

"A Duke University spokesman said that 40 percent of Duke's engineering graduates cannot get engineering jobs. A Duke University publication suggests that the best prospect for good engineering jobs is for the U.S. government to start another major project like going to the moon. "

If it is true that there is great demand for tech/engineering in this country, how on earth can an elite college like Duke graduate engineering students where close to half are begging for engineering jobs ?

[bboop]

Glad to hear that, just as I was wondering. Our son is a Jr at Boulder in Computer Science. He said no one is majoring in that and the field is screaming along, wide open for the soon-to-be grads.

[AndyTheBear]

That’s certainly not true in the tech/engineering world.

Depends. I have interviewed people for software engineering positions who boasted PHDs in Comp Sci yet could not produce code for a simple problem of finding prime numbers!

Used to be you had to have at least a BS in comp sci to get into the field, but during the dot com bubble it opened up to others, and now a lot of folks with Bachelors degrees in other technical fields (math, and even biology in some cases) are well established in the industry.

[r9etb]

That’s certainly not true in the tech/engineering world.

My first thought, too. And, as it happens, we've hired some very sharp young folks into our group in the past couple of years. Sorta gives one hope for the future....

[bert]

Liberal arts is worthless but they extend to all degrees.

[Constantine XIII]

Articles like this really boil my grits.

Not everyone just wants to earn a paycheck. Sheesh.

[Barnacle]

That’s certainly not true in the tech/engineering world.

That's what you think. My cousin has 16 years experience as an EE and can't find work.

It's all gone to China and India thanks to international mindset and greed of American corporations and government.