NDSU Center for Engineering and Computational Sciences

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

What I remember was them telling us to look at persons sitting next to us because likely one of us wouldn't be there at the end due to only 50% graduation rate inside engineering.

You can always just cut through the Union bro

But wait ... are you saying that having smart graduates is incommensurate with the NDUS funding model? Well gosh dangit isn’t that just a total fuck up by someone somewhere …

At least NDSU students live here, so there’s that

[taper]

Its Fargo ND for christ sake. The student should know what its like there before coming. So whats the ROI for coddling a couple of snowflakes?

We didn't hit 10k enrollment until 2000. Peaked at 14.7k in 2014, been falling ever since. If you prefer the small school, Divison 2, non-R1, tough guy school, more power to you.
I want NDSU to be a 15-20k enrollment that's not on the verge of losing R1 and a strong candidate for the FBS G5. In today's world that means not every waking moment should be a struggle for survival.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

We didn't hit 10k enrollment until 2000. Peaked at 14.7k in 2014, been falling ever since. If you prefer the small school, Divison 2, non-R1, tough guy school, more power to you.
I want NDSU to be a 15-20k enrollment that's not on the verge of losing R1 and a strong candidate for the FBS G5. In today's world that means not every waking moment should be a struggle for survival.

NDSU is not going to lose R1. They just lowered the bar again, and all 4 Dakota schools will now have this designation, with NDSU obviously being the safest of the 4 to keep it

The way Bismarck has set things up, its all about enrollment now, and it doesn't even matter if the students live anywhere close to here

[HerdBot]

Walking from T lot to Dolve for 5 years isn't for pussies.

What I remember was them telling us to look at persons sitting next to us because likely one of us wouldn't be there at the end due to only 50% graduation rate inside engineering.

Perfect! Nobody wants to hire/work with pussies either!

Does it matter if your pharmacist, nurse or accountant is a pussy? What matters to me is these professions exist

[1998braves64]

I was fortunate to attend college in the "warm years" 98-01.

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[HerdBot]

We didn't hit 10k enrollment until 2000. Peaked at 14.7k in 2014, been falling ever since. If you prefer the small school, Divison 2, non-R1, tough guy school, more power to you.
I want NDSU to be a 15-20k enrollment that's not on the verge of losing R1 and a strong candidate for the FBS G5. In today's world that means not every waking moment should be a struggle for survival.

Students have choices these days and they want amenities. 50k Minnesota students whose families earn under 80k can go to any Minnesota school for free now. We may need to replace some Minnesota kids with other states If we offer 40 year old services, enrollment will continue to decline. Kids don't want crappy 100 SF dorms with no AC and daily walks in -20 windchills.

All things being equal, they look at amenities. A skyway is an amenity. There is a reason people pay for underground heated parking

Freshman are generally required to live on campus so they are required to walk and freeze

Is it worth it? That's a fair question

[EC8CH]

You can always just cut through the Union bro

But wait ... are you saying that having smart graduates is incommensurate with the NDUS funding model? Well gosh dangit isn’t that just a total fuck up by someone somewhere …

At least NDSU students live here, so there’s that

South Engineering too when it was brutal.

[NI4NI]

I understand that I am on the losing end of the debate. Just venting my frustrations with this whole new soft generation. May God help 'em when times actually get tough.

[EC8CH]

I understand that I am on the losing end of the debate. Just venting my frustrations with this whole new soft generation. May God help 'em when times actually get tough.

They are building a skyway from the union to engineering... that's it, civilization will be doomed by a generation of soft NDSU engineering grads.

[NI4NI]

They are building a skyway from the union to engineering... that's it, civilization will be doomed by a generation of soft NDSU engineering grads.

Did you miss the part where I said "I understand that I am on the losing end of the debate"?