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Athletic Budgets.
This article is available online at:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/22/universit
Wow, no one saw this coming. The University of Florida announced this past
week that it was dropping its computer science department, which will allow
it to save about $1.7 million $1.4 million. The school is eliminating all
funding for teaching assistants in computer science, cutting the graduate
and research programs entirely, and moving the tattered remnants into other
departments.
Let’s get this straight: in the midst of a technology revolution, with a
shortage of engineers and computer scientists, UF decides to cut computer
science completely?
Students at UF have already organized protests, and have created a website
dedicated to saving the CS department. Several distinguished computer
scientists have written to the president of UF to express their concerns, in
very blunt terms. Prof. Zvi Galil, Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech, is
“amazed, shocked, and angered.” Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, former Dean of
Engineering at IIT Delhi, calls this move “outrageously wrong.” Computer
scientist Carl de Boor, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and
winner of the 2003 National Medal of Science, asked the UF president “What
were you thinking?”
(Note to the students, if you need more quotes for your site: I think this
move is shockingly short-sighted. The University of Florida is moving
backwards while the rest of the world moves ahead.)
Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $99 million, $97.7
million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year. The increase
alone would offset the savings supposedly gained by cutting computer science.
Now, I’m not saying that UF has chosen football over science. (Imagine the
outcry, though, if UF cut a major sport instead of a major science
department.) Actually, the real villains here are the Florida state
legislators, who have cut the budget for their flagship university by 30%
over the past 6 years.
Meanwhile, just two days ago, Florida governor Rick Scott approved the
creation of a brand-new public university, Florida Polytechnic University,
to be located near the city of Tampa. In an unintentionally ironic
statement, Gov. Scott said
““At a time when the number of graduates of Florida’s universities in the
STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] fields is not
projected to meet workforce needs, the establishment of Florida Polytechnic
University will help us move the needle in the right direction.”
Heads up, Gov. Scott: no one is going to believe that you’re supporting
technical education when your flagship university is eliminating its
Computer Science Department. Since cutting support for universities seems to
be a major agenda item for you and the legislature, why stop at 30%? With
just a bit more cutting, you could get rid of those annoying universities
entirely. Let the rest of the country worry about higher education! Florida
can focus on orange groves and golf courses. Oh, and football.
[Note to readers, 1:15pm Monday 23 April: many commenters have correctly
pointed out that the University Athletic Association, which funds athletics
at UF, maintains a separate budget from the University of Florida. The UAA
Director reports to the President of UF. Also, two numbers which differed
slightly from what had been published by the sources cited were changed to
reflect information sent by the university after publication. A response
from UF is here.]
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