Quote Originally Posted by taper View Post
I'm an engineer. I taught several sections of labs. In my experience, ABSOLUTELY. There's no real debate here. Engineering needs to be primarily in person. You realize that poorly trained engineers have killed loads and loads of people, right? It's important to get this right.
Definitely agree. There are majors that can be taught online and there are majors that cannot. It’s also easily demonstrable that in person experience is better for academic performance than online only, for many reasons.

Not interested in my doctor, lawyer or engineer getting their degree from U Phoenix. Tax guy, business consultant, librarian - no problem.

The fact of the matter and I believe your original point is that NDSU needs to bump its online offerings, but needs to do it right and thoughtfully. Literally the last thing NDSU needs is people questioning the value of an NDSU engineering degree. Many decades of hard work went into building that brand and honestly is one of the major things carrying the school IMO.