| University administrators set curricula, so if university administrators care about ABET requirements, I don't understand why employers' hiring practices are going to somehow influence the very insular academic world and change university officials' minds about what degree programs should include and what they shouldn't...
Y'know what? Let's just wait and see what happens. I'm tired of trying to predict the future. I think this'll have good effects on all of engineering, and I think it's the beginnings of a change in society's view on the profession of engineering, but none of us is 100% certain about anything that hasn't happened yet.
Further attempts to refute my observations will be met with silence, not because I will agree with the future refutations, but mainly because I think I have a stress fracture in my foot, and I also have a meeting at three, and lots of work to do. |