Re: Undergrad chemistry college choice

From: William Penrose (wrp0143_at_comcast.com)
Date: 01/15/05 

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:11:46 -0700

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:38:22 +0000 (UTC),
glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote:

>So it's chemistry, too? I've spent the last year learning about the
>employability of physicists. And I still read articles that say we must
>reverse the declining enrollment in physics classes, but never critically
>examining whether that does the students any good.

It's like the tobacco companies whining about people stopping smoking.
The University product is trained scientists. When the need for
scientists dries up, the schools still strive to maintain the illusion
of great market demand to keep their departments open. The message is
getting through anyway.

Bill Penrose

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