Re:Do you want a university or a trade school? (Score 1)

Finally, the professors quoted in the article are from U. of Tennessee and SMU, which are like 4th-tier universities. So don't take their word too seriously.

I should mention that I am a graduate of the University of Tennessee MS in CS program. The CS program at UT is actually *very* math heavy. Many of the older faculty have PhDs in math rather than CS. The department (now Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) grew out of the math department. I think Dr. Vander Zanden is reacting to his own university being very math oriented when it comes to teaching CS.

I shouldn't comment on the arrogant, misinformed, and irrelevant statement about "4th-tier universities", but let me mention that in HPC, for example, few universities have the cred that UT has, thanks largely to Jack Dongarra, of course. Ever heard of LAPACK or the Top500? Let's argue about the merits of these arguments, not the ad-hominem attack of "well, you don't know anything, you are teaching at a 4th-tier school". BTW, Dr. Vander Zanden got his PhD from Cornell, I guess that's a 4th tier school as well.