[phas-dept] "The Business" Model of Education

[Carlos Bertulani]

FYI on a potential threat to a large number of physics programs…

Carlos


"The
 board recently adjusted the metric so that, beginning next year, a program must have 40 students majoring in it and award an average of nine degrees per year over three years.”

http://chronicle.com/article/Where-Does-the-Regional-State/236555?key=IV6epy5NWHoJ9sJs_SQnjCRA9fADMFNz5XVw2txVF31ZM1duMFd2VjdFYlBLVnprQXprQXBtVG5UQ2d2LVVGT29IanZQWFlia2Nv