Posted on 10/14/2021 12:11:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The University of Manitoba’s current head of computer science is sounding an alarm about the “ongoing crisis” in his department that has led to unsustainable staff workloads and hundreds of students unable to get into classes.
Against a backdrop of contentious bargaining talks, James Young wrote to his union president to outline his concerns, including an explosion in enrolment, faculty exodus and hiring issues — as both a professor and acting head of computer science.
“The department of computer science is facing a crisis, and both our faculty and our (more than) 1,000 undergraduate students are suffering. We are no longer able to even come close to meeting local industry demands,” he wrote in a recent letter to Orvie Dingwall, president of the faculty association.
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A lot of computer science departments are facing this. Lots of students drawn to high paying industry jobs, and lots of faculty leaving for high paying industry jobs. Leaves few faculty to teach a large number of students.
This example made the news because its a unionized school, so its become the subject of a labor dispute.
I think I've identified the problem.
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