Update on CS at Middlebury: I just learned that there is a severe staffing shortage of CS faculty for this fall 2022 at Middlebury. Apparently, junior and senior majors are being restricted to taking only one CS course per semester, which could adversely impact some of their graduation plans. I know this wouldn’t affect my student necessarily, but moving forward, this could be a concern really at any small LAC with only a few CS faculty. Of course, I’ve also heard of similar staffing shortages happening at large state flagships, e.g., UNC Chapel Hill had to abruptly start rationing admission to the CS major last year. Still, I would think the impact of a temporary staff shortage would be more significant at a small LAC compared to a large university.
Right now, he is still leaning toward state flagship (which is not UNC by the way!) but he is feeling a bit sad and wistful at letting go of the prospect of the small LAC experience he was so looking forward to!
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