As a graduate of the USF College of Education, for the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be a Bull. This is disheartening.
How do we go from having the fifth largest College of Education in 2009, to completely closing it down in 2020?
Admins are blaming a "decline in enrollment due to a decline in the desire in education as a career path," well WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS? Maybe instead of closing down the College, figure out what you are doing wrong as managers by asking students, faculty, etc. what you can do the prevent running into the ground like you did. "Oh well, let's just close it. Who cares if 37% of Pasco County teachers earned their degree from this program anyways. Who cares."
It's clear that at one point, students (such as myself) did want to be in the program and were proud to graduate from it. What ARE YOU doing as admins to make this not a reality anymore? I have half a mind to start a petition but it's probably worthless because budget cuts in education is always the solution no matter what.
Anyways, R.I.P. USF College of Education. Thanks for my bachelor's degree. My internship experience was one of the best experiences of my life.