BY BENJAMIN OWENS
The Shorthorn staff
Though the field of
engineering features no
shortage of ideas, the
Texas Workforce Commission projects that
Texas will need 88,000
more engineers and
computer scientists by
the end of the upcoming
decade to accommodate...
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BY BENJAMIN OWENS
The Shorthorn staff
Though the field of
engineering features no
shortage of ideas, the
Texas Workforce Commission projects that
Texas will need 88,000
more engineers and
computer scientists by
the end of the upcoming
decade to accommodate
Texas’ economy, according to a press release
from the UT System Office of Public Affairs.
While the College of
Engineering challenges
students to go beyond
their limits, the UT System Board of Regents has
challenged UTA and its
other UT System schools
to expand beyond their
own boundaries by increasing enrollment, encouraging recruitment,
expanding facilities and
hiring new faculty.
On Aug. 21, the board
authorized $10 million
per year for the next two
years to attract talented
engineering and computer science faculty to
aid in raising enrollment
for the students that will
eventually take their
skills to the workforce.
“Historically, the UT
System generates half
of all the engineers in
Texas,” said Pranesh Aswath, associate dean for
Less
