EA Class of 2022

TomSrOfBoston
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 15:57:58 +0000

^^^

…at Preview Day, the Faculty Advisor for the Computer Science session told the small group of us that they’ll take anyone, even if that student has had no prior experience coding or interest in coding. Their goal is to make everyone a coder. Quite honestly, we were shocked to hear that comment.

@PengsPhils Could you comment on this?

@ohiocollegemom These admissions statistics are not only used in USNews ranking but also used to determine a college’s bond rating, and thus the interest rate that the college will pay. Bond holders want to be assured that a college will be around in twenty or so years to pay off the bonds. Those stats are reported to Moody’s and used to determine the bond rating.

The media is full of stories about how many colleges will fail or merge in the coming decades. And yes it does come down to money. What in this world does not come down to money? Northeastern, BU, BC etc. do not have the taxpayer funded state grants to rely on. And even state colleges have come to realize that the public spigot is not unlimited.