Re: Announcing: The IBM Customer Advisory Council for Informix

Michael Segel wrote: >>Essentially ALL courses at ALL universities are determined by the >>faculty. And essentially ALL students at ALL universities make choices. >>They are adults ... not children. Especially for my classes as the >>requirement is a minimum of a BA or BS degree to be accepted. > > Uh huh... > > And of course a professor wants to teach a course that is *popular* with the > students? Have you ever gone to college? Do you have a degree? You seem to have a truly fascinating vision of what colleges and university graduate degree classes are. It doesn't correspond with reality but it is fascinating. At CalTech they teach physics. Part of the curriculum is quantum mechanics. It is very popular with both students and faculty. If it wasn't it wouldn't be taught ... they'd be teaching some other aspect of physics: That sir is reality. > Doesn't sound like a real university to me. Check us out: www.washington.edu. I've also been an academic advisor at UC Berkeley and I can assure they too care about their curricula being interesting. Berkeley is rated in the top 5 universities on the planet for academics. -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)