Great post!!!!!Originally Posted by TulsaPup
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Great post!!!!!
A business degree at Stanford or Northwestern is worth more than one at Tech. A journalism degree from Syracuse or Missouri is worth more than one from Tech. Just like an engineering degree at Tech is worth more than one at many, many places in the country. Honestly, I love my university, but I wouldn't advise someone looking to get into nursing or journalism or international politics that Tech is the best place they can go. It's all about fit and your future goals. It was perfect for me. It's perfect for some of the students that I teach. It's not perfect for all of the students that I teach.
the bold, the beautiful, theprofessor
Top pay for a Mizzu journalism grad?
$35K?
From Twitter today:
LSU year in review:
Mike died
Basketball sucked
Fired, unfired, refired Les
Screwed UF, still lost at home
Hired Orgeron
Lost CWS to UF
Louisiana Tech University
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
1980 or today??? LOL
Louisiana Tech University
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
Today...seriously what does an high falutin' Mizzu journalism grad make right out of college vs. one right out of LaTech?
You realize Tech has been named the top nursing school in Louisiana for consecutive years now?
I worked for 40 years with engineers from Tech as well as from LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi State. Tech engineers are very highly regarded. In my first job after graduating from Tech, I worked for International Paper in Pine Bluff. The plant manager and assistant manager were Tech grads as well as the production superintendent. There weren't a lot of high GPAs when I was in engineering school at Tech. Only 25% of those that started in engineering, graduated in engineering.
Lafayette must be another of those "geographical oddities".
It's just a landing spot for unqualified Tech grads.
Amazing I tell ya.
Why don't you just PLEASE stop looking for ways to put down your alma mater?
Good old Memorial Gym
Was winning a national championship the most important thing to him in choosing a college? Maybe. I don't know. But from what I understand, his signing with LSU had a lot to do with a relationship with an assistant coach at the time who left to be the head coach at a rival school before he could suit up in the purple and yellow.
A recent Galain Solutions study of football recruits showed that the top 4 reasons recruits select schools are: 1) academic reputation. 2) parents' perception. 3) relationship with assistant coaches. 4) playing facilities. Maybe they weren't being truthful, but winning a national championship was not among the top reasons recruits selected schools.
Here's a somewhat related article I saw today you might find interesting about youth sports. Winning is not the reason kids play sports: http://usatodayhss.com/?p=101234504
As for me growing up playing sports, it was never about winning championships. It was about having fun. That's why I don't understand why all these LHSAA principals think we should have like a hundred state championships so everybody can win one. The student-athletes simply don't think that way at all like the parents, coaches, and administrators do. Each team and athlete have unique goals for success that don't include winning a state championship. Most of the kids just want to play and have fun.
It's not so much about a starting salary in journalism. For the most part an entry-level reporting job at any newspaper is going to pay the same salary no matter where the degree is from. A Mizzou grad and Tech grad will make the same at The News-Star, The Times or The Daily Leader. In journalism, where you went to school opens so many more doors. Students at the best J-schools get access to the best internships, which lead to better connections and better jobs. The high-paying jobs come at the bigger papers and in the bigger TV markets. That's what going to the best J-schools will get you.
the bold, the beautiful, theprofessor
For a student who just wants an associate's degree, then Tech is the perfect program. Students who are seeking a bachelor's degree, however, aren't going to find what they need from Tech.
the bold, the beautiful, theprofessor
That's true, which is why it is ridiculous Grambling was allowed to restart its bachelor's in nursing after they lost accreditation and had to shut down their program when their entire class failed their boards while Tech's passage rate has been 100% for the same test. The Board of Regents doesn't allow Tech to offer any other associates degrees because it goes against our university's mission. Yet for some reason we are forced to only offer an associates in nursing while a failed program at a failing institution 4 miles away is allowed to keep their program. Well, I do know the reason, and it's BS. Unfortunately, Tech missed a big opportunity by not pushing the issue after Grambling's program failed.
A link, please.
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