| Hmmm... I wonder how many engineers are employed in America? It seems like if the opportunity cost of going into engineering increases (more time in college, more debt, etc.) the number of people doing so should decrease... so if there's a surplus of workforce, by all means, let's balance it out a bit. But what would the point of arbitrarily changing the standard be? It's not a good idea, and I have faith that our system doesn't do stupid things...
I acknowledge the fact that a higher degree is the standard for medicine and law, pharmacy and maybe even architecture... I don't think arbitrarily changing things is a good idea. If it isn't broke, don't fix it, right? Does industry complain about low-quality engineers? Do they complain about having too many fully qualified engineers? If so, as before, by all means let things change. But if professional societies and academics are simply extending their fantasies to the free market, things might turn out worse than one may suspect. That's all I'm saying. |