As a headhunter I placed a ton of their engineers over the years, and have always had high regard for the institution.
That said, one of my sons applied and was accepted to NCSU several years ago. He ended up elsewhere for a different program, but I recall viewing their lists of electives that were listed beyond the required courses for the science program he applied to.
The longggggggg list of electives was pretty incredible, and I don't really mean that in a good way. Some of the oddball, "modern day", totally irrelevant (to me) course offerings that required a professor, classroom space, etc, etc all subsidized by our tax dollars, really left me shaking my head.
I don't recall it at a couple of private universities he was accepted to.Unfortunately this is more/less true anywhere now.
I don't recall it at a couple of private universities he was accepted to.
The program will focus on “equity in STEM” and “scholar activism.”
Equity in STEM? STEM is completely equal. 2+2 always equals 4. You are either right or you are wrong. It doesn't matter your race, ethnicity, gender preference, or level of desire for the answer to be different. Math doesn't give a $#!t about your feelings snowflake, so study up for that test.
GTFO of here with your white man's science and math!Equity in STEM? STEM is completely equal. 2+2 always equals 4. You are either right or you are wrong. It doesn't matter your race, ethnicity, gender preference, or level of desire for the answer to be different. Math doesn't give a $#!t about your feelings snowflake, so study up for that test.
"Dad, why is college so expensive?"
"Well honey, its because they pay tenured professors hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to work 1 or 2 days a week teaching unmarketable skills to a group of kids who then turn around and blame society that their degree in underwater feminist basket weaving isn't providing them with the same quality of life that was provided by a father who worked in a difficult skill based job 50 hours per week. If you disagree you are a bigot."
Associate profs and higher in NC generally make $110-130K. Smaller schools profs make less. I don't know about what you make, but that's big money to me. Add money from writing and/or consulting, that's a pretty comfy life in many academic areas that do very little to promote the common good or add income-producing skills.
I don't have a problem with education for education sake, but I will be the first to say I do not know where to draw the line between engaging in a liberal education (not political 'liberal') and worthless crap courses. It's like art: I know it when I see it.
PhD = Principals and Superintendents. This is who will be hiring the teachers and setting policy.
Irony. In the entire time my daughter was studying physics and math, the only students that have her crap for studying physics were women.The program will focus on “equity in STEM” and “scholar activism.”
Equity in STEM? STEM is completely equal. 2+2 always equals 4. You are either right or you are wrong. It doesn't matter your race, ethnicity, gender preference, or level of desire for the answer to be different. Math doesn't give a $#!t about your feelings snowflake, so study up for that test.
^^^ The number of useless electives is simply the excuse for giving salaries to a bunch of professional protestors, complainers, and rabble rousers.The longggggggg list of electives was pretty incredible, and I don't really mean that in a good way. Some of the oddball, "modern day", totally irrelevant (to me) course offerings that required a professor, classroom space, etc, etc, all subsidized by our tax dollars, really left me shaking my head.
Oops, the feminists hate the hard sciences because they can't readily just plug women into those areas to equalize the number of men and women. It's easy to conjure up a bogus class like a "Feminist Perspective on Egyptian History" but not so easy to create a "Feminist Approach to Nuclear Physics."The program will focus on “equity in STEM” and “scholar activism.”
You see this agenda clearly in the movies and TV.There is a big push to bring more women into computing.
UNCG was the only school where the physics department head actually called my daughter and talked to her about the UNCG undergrad physics program and and convince to come.As a student in a public UNC university right now pursuing a masters in a STEM field, I could probably shed some insight into this.
There is a big push to bring more women into computing. Articles about it in the school newspaper, seminars, studies, and some feminist English majors working in the department.... Doesn't go anywhere, no one attends, takes it seriously.
I view it as throwing money into the fire to make sure no one can claim they aren't doing it. Most Stem students mock it, a professor pushing it admitted to me after he got a different job at a different university was that he was just pretending to keep admins happy. I bet it's the same with most of those in staff and faculty, mouth the words, and get on to the real work, never actually implement the things they are told to put in the syllabus.
And we had, I think, three-five non stem classes, the majority is Stem.
Not just math. We see the same flatter distribution for men than women for IQ.The distribution curve on math test scores is flatter for men than for women. That means there are more men who are math geniuses, but al more math dunces than women.
They certainly don't want equality of on the job fatality rates either. Over 90% are been, not including military.Not just math. We see the same flatter distribution for men than women for IQ.
In the real world, we see this all the time. The absolute dumbest people most of us know will be male.
When feminists say they want equality with men, they mean they want equality with only the very best of men.
I promise not to use white man math for the next sjw meeting house I build. Gaia, willing it will stand up with good energy instead of proper reinforcement. And if it doesn’t.....inshallah....GTFO of here with your white man's science and math!
2+2 !=4 just as XY chromosomes != male
You clearly need re-education.
Girls will get into those things if they want to. End of discussion. All that needs to be said. There isn’t the rampant and blatant discrimination today.There is a big push to bring more women into computing. Articles about it in the school newspaper, seminars, studies, and some feminist English majors working in the department.... Doesn't go anywhere, no one attends, takes it seriously.
Once the Chinese government stopped selecting college for the people based on test scores and started letting them choose, female enrollment in engineering plummeted.Girls will get into those things if they want to. End of discussion. All that needs to be said. There isn’t the rampant and blatant discrimination today.
When you start out with the idea that everyone is equal and hence should be equally represented according to population distribution, the only answer for disparity is prejudice and discrimination.
But in engineering it still tends to hover around 10-20% depending on the discipline.Women in STEM is only an issue when people make it an issue. Women are heavily represented in Duke's egineering programs; no one important cares. The people who care are people who feel threatened.
My son found out that some professors who believe students think their course is "fluff" seem to have a mission to fail as many students as possible. Essentially the students have to teach themselves or be psychic.When I was at NCSU I met women in all departments, but most of them were in Education(teachers) and Textiles(fashion). I agree with the free electives that NCSU has is a bit much. It was frustrating to have to choose from free electives that wouldn’t directly contribute to my field in order get my degree.
The end result from this was students either picking ones that they had interest in or known easy classes( fluff) that would help boost your gpa. Having a great gpa could be the difference between having a job or not at graduation.
I agree with the free electives that NCSU has is a bit much. It was frustrating to have to choose from free electives that wouldn’t directly contribute to my field in order get my degree.
Women in STEM is only an issue when people make it an issue. Women are heavily represented in Duke's egineering programs; no one important cares. The people who care are people who feel threatened.