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uf_cise_alumnuson University of Florida shutting down research in Computer Science department

That's not at all what is proposed.

Step 1: move graduate programs to ECE

Step 2: make faculty ask to be in other departments (with the dean's approval of course)

Step 3: make all faculty who can't get other departments to take them have a 100% teaching appointment and set TA budget of the department to $0. Effectively convincing all those cranky guys you wanted to get rid of to leave the university.

Step 4: ???

Step 5: Success!

Then add the Ph.D. program back in and wait 25 years for it to rebuild.

Sounds like a great plan to me.

uf_cise_alumnuson University of Florida shutting down research in Computer Science department

Yeah that name is pretty odd. Oh wait, what's this thing I see at the National Science Foundation?

http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=CISE

uf_cise_alumnuson University of Florida shutting down research in Computer Science department

If you're talking about Dave, he did get cut prematurely.

uf_cise_alumnuson University of Florida shutting down research in Computer Science department

No clarity will result.

The two Computer Engineering Degrees (software and hardware) are to be combined into one that has N (not yet decided) tracks that will be supported by "certificate programs."

So, now you reduce by one clearly defined separation and increse by n-1 less well defined certificate programs.