The State of Higher Education in Charlotte

[kermit]

3 minutes ago, atlrvr said:

Oddly on multiple points...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/virginia-tech-defer-admission-over-enrollment-1441857%3famp=1

I hope that is more reflective of future trends than what i heard from my dean last week.

[KJHburg]

Medical school by Wake Forest in Charlotte is still moving forward.  it does seem like their is concern (in W-S)  this medical school branch will take away from the main campus in Winston but that is highly doubtful.  This is really a satellite campus that will grow on its up.  I do think many of the teaching faculty will come from WS and work here a few days a week until the faculty grows in Charlotte.

Very exciting for Charlotte and for Wake.

https://www.journalnow.com/business/wake-forest-baptist-medical-center-s-innovation-quarter-facilities-impress/article_dea12805-7e6d-5036-b146-04ec1bcd9129.html

[t_money]

30 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Medical school by Wake Forest in Charlotte is still moving forward.  it does seem like their is concern (in W-S)  this medical school branch will take away from the main campus in Winston but that is highly doubtful.  This is really a satellite campus that will grow on its up.  I do think many of the teaching faculty will come from WS and work here a few days a week until the faculty grows in Charlotte.

Very exciting for Charlotte and for Wake.

https://www.journalnow.com/business/wake-forest-baptist-medical-center-s-innovation-quarter-facilities-impress/article_dea12805-7e6d-5036-b146-04ec1bcd9129.html

My wife's medical school was expanding to a new campus while she was in school.  It didn't effect her experience much. There were a few teachers that worked at both locations, but most professors also have other medical jobs so just going away a few days a week isn't very practical.

Also, the article makes me wonder if Atrium did any research about the Wake system at all. They never went to see the facilities? I'm hoping the 'this place is amazing' lines are just standard and not that they had no idea what they were actually getting in to.

Medical school here in Charlotte will be good.  Charlotte residencies are already a hidden gem in my opinion and placing a medical school here should in theory help increase the quality of the residents here as well, assuming the school can generate a good name for itself.

[KJHburg]

I think this was a big group tour with lots of Atrium people not just a few top execs and I am sure they had seen it before.  I can't tell you how big this will be for Charlotte once this established a campus and forever the UNC system will regret this me thinks.    But I am happy as Wake Forest is a great institution to partner with as one of the most selective med schools in the country.   Now how about a Wake Law secondary campus in Charlotte too? 

[KJHburg]

Took my niece on a walking tour of Queens University now she is very interested.  She wants a smaller college in a medium to large city.   My first time walking around campus and it is beautiful as I thought it would be.   Uncle KJ's college tours always include free lunch and dessert. 

[videtur quam contuor]

The difference between private schools and public schools is always stark. Private schools have generous landscape, well tended, screened parking areas, art in public building spaces, better furniture, just all the details that mean it was well above low bid. Meant to communicate that the cost is worth the experience. Public institutions tend to crowd their buildings more, consider the intense use they must anticipate in the landscaping and furnishings. Cost per student is the driving force in the plan and it is apparent.

I do not mean to say one is right, or better, just that dropped blindfolded onto a campus I, and likely each of you, could tell in a minute if it was public or private, regardless of the size of the campus.

[KJHburg]

a blurb in the Business NC daily email today that is interesting.  Look who is producing more computer science degrees now in the state.

UNC Charlotte had 748 students who completed computer science degrees in 2017-18, versus 673 at N.C. State University, 344 at UNC Chapel Hill and 341 at UNC Greensboro, said Tracy Dodson, a Charlotte assistant city manager. She cited UNC System data.

[QCxpat]

Today's CBJ - "UNC Charlotte to tackle growing shortage of data scientists with new school" by Jennifer Thomas.

Excerpt:  "UNC Charlotte launched a School of Data Science on Tuesday — the first of its kind in the Carolinas.  Plans are for that interdisciplinary school to offer the state’s only bachelor’s program in data science beginning this fall. The goal to enroll 100 undergraduates to start, including freshmen and transfer students.   ... Doug Hague has been appointed as executive director.  He was recently named one of the Top 50 Data and Analytics Professionals in the U.S. and Canada by Corinium Global Intelligence.  UNCC’s program is tied to job demand in the data science field in Charlotte — and across the nation.  A UNC Charlotte-commissioned report found job opportunities for data science graduates more than doubled to 4,777 in North Carolina in the past year.  Projections show the U.S. is facing a shortage of data scientists that is expected to climb to 250,000 by 2025."  “The School of Data Science will prepare students for careers across many economic sectors represented in Charlotte ...  UNC Charlotte will offer education focused on data collection, storage, integration, analysis, inference, communication and ethics. ... The university’s Data Science Initiative was one of six proposals funded by the N.C. General Assembly and the UNC Board of Governors in 2013.  Faculty engaged in related research have received nearly $20 million in state and industry funding. 

"UNCC now offers professional science master’s programs in health informatics and analytics and data science and business analytics.  ... The School of Data Science is a collaboration among the College of Computing and Informatics, the Belk College of Business, the College of Health and Human Services and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.  It will be housed in the bioinformatics building."

Link:  https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/01/14/unc-charlotte-to-tackle-growing-shortage-of-data.html

Edited January 14, 2020 by QCxpat

[KJHburg]

Every major university in NC should offer this kid a full scholarship including UNC Charlotte.  This Charlotte kid will be a success no matter where he goes.   This video has gone viral saw it WSOC news tonight. 

Ethan Kim's video "Harvard Let me in"

Great Charlotte skyline shots too

 

[urbanlover568]

Admissions into college should be based on merits and experience, not who can make a popular youtube rap video. Guess we should allow people to buy their way into college if this is going to be a acceptance criteria.

[Blue_Devil]

41 minutes ago, mpretori said:

Admissions into college should be based on merits and experience, not who can make a popular youtube rap video. Guess we should allow people to buy their way into college if this is going to be a acceptance criteria.

Where is the red down vote when you need it... Oh wait. 

[urbanlover568]

1 minute ago, Blue_Devil said:

Where is the red down vote when you need it... Oh wait. 

The guy made a rap video saying they should let him in because he is Korean. What a joke and makes those who worked hard to get into college as a joke.

[Blue_Devil]

1 minute ago, mpretori said:

The guy made a rap video saying they should let him in because he is Korean. What a joke and makes those who worked hard to get into college as a joke.

It looked pretty creative to me.... But you know, to get into a top tier university, you have to be pretty creative now, because these days everyone and their grandmother has a 5.0 and 1400+ on the SAT. 

Something like this made that kid stand out and separated him from every other kid with high test scores and grades with a letter from their CEO/Senator/8xalumni parent. 

I think he worked pretty hard. 

[tozmervo]

3 minutes ago, mpretori said:

The guy made a rap video saying they should let him in because he is Korean. What a joke and makes those who worked hard to get into college as a joke.

why are you assuming he didn't work hard? the video shows an impressive thoughtfulness in production quality, style, and writing. There are college graduates that would be lucky to have half that innate talent.

[urbanlover568]

Just now, Blue_Devil said:

It looked pretty creative to me.... But you know, to get into a top tier university, you have to be pretty creative now, because these days everyone and their grandmother has a 5.0 and 1400+ on the SAT. 

Something like this made that kid stand out and separated him from every other kid with high test scores and grades with a letter from their CEO/Senator/8xalumni parent. 

I think he worked pretty hard. 

Until he enters the real word and thinks he can rap himself through a job interview. College's need to toughen up and not baby people. This is real life, not a Instagram popularity contest.

[Blue_Devil]

Just now, mpretori said:

Until he enters the real word and thinks he can rap himself through a job interview. College's need to toughen up and not baby people. This is real life, not a Instagram popularity contest.

Okay

[urbanlover568]

1 minute ago, tozmervo said:

why are you assuming he didn't work hard? the video shows an impressive thoughtfulness in production quality, style, and writing. There are college graduates that would be lucky to have half that innate talent.

Did you see the lyrics of the rap video? He said nothing of meaning. 

[Matthew.Brendan]

People are scared of what they will never understand. 

[Crucial_Infra]

1 hour ago, mpretori said:

The guy made a rap video saying they should let him in because he is Korean. What a joke and makes those who worked hard to get into college as a joke.

Not sure why I’m taking the bait but that’s not at all what he said. Just because the guy is proud to be Korean (and Southern) doesn’t mean he’s asking for special consideration. 

[HighRiseHillbilly]

I think the fact that he's even still under consideration at Harvard shows he knows how to be an academic success. The rap video shows tenacity and out of the box thinking. He will be a success no matter where he goes.

[kickazzz2000]

3 hours ago, mpretori said:

Until he enters the real word and thinks he can rap himself through a job interview. College's need to toughen up and not baby people. This is real life, not a Instagram popularity contest.

Ok boomer

[urbanlover568]

4 hours ago, kickazzz2000 said:

Ok boomer

Lol far from it. 

6 hours ago, Crucial_Infra said:

Not sure why I’m taking the bait but that’s not at all what he said. Just because the guy is proud to be Korean (and Southern) doesn’t mean he’s asking for special consideration. 

Yes he did. He said they should accept him because of that. He's a joke. 

[urbanlover568]

7 hours ago, HighRiseHillbilly said:

I think the fact that he's even still under consideration at Harvard shows he knows how to be an academic success. The rap video shows tenacity and out of the box thinking. He will be a success no matter where he goes.

I rather have someone who lists their achievements and justify their worth for getting into college. Maybe he wants to be a art major, which is fine. But if he thinks he can pull this stunt for a stem interview, he's going to face multiple rejections and it's because the college babied him.

Edited February 11, 2020 by mpretori

[CLTranspo]

12 hours ago, mpretori said:

Until he enters the real word and thinks he can rap himself through a job interview. College's need to toughen up and not baby people. This is real life, not a Instagram popularity contest.

Okay boomer

[urbanlover568]

17 minutes ago, CLTranspo said:

Okay boomer

Not a boomer and that's very disrespectful towards baby boomers and shows your maturity.