[KLUG Members] Dropping CIS enrollments

[Robert G. Brown]

IMO "the word" is out, post tech-bust, post-9/11, post-Military-manuevers,
post-whatever-else-youplease, that CIS/CS "ain't where it's at" anymore.
The money seekers have gone elsewhere (where?)... 

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:01:31 -0400, "Eric Beversluis" <econophil at charter.net> wrote:

>> Smart students don't need to waste their time on the current level of
>> college courses which cater to the least-common-denominator /
>> under-achiever.  They just go for the certs.
>>
>> > --Do students need a bachelor's in CIS rather than an associate's, to
>get jobs today?
>>
>> No
>>
>> > Or do they need computer science?
>>
>> No, as it "absolutely not".  CS guys, honestly, are usually more of a
>> liability than an asset on anything like a 'business logic' level
>> project.
>>
>A huger preponderance of job ads that I see, whether for systems
>administrators, network administrators or DB administrators, call for a
>bachelor's in computer science. . .
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