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This place is only going to hand out Masters degrees in 'technology innovation.' It's goal is to be a diploma mill for people Microsoft wants to bring over fro

This place is only going to hand out Masters degrees in 'technology innovation.' It's goal is to be a diploma mill for people Microsoft wants to bring over from China because there is a higher H1B cap for people with masters degrees. Obviously, people trying to get a real graduate degree will go to a top 100 school where actual research is going on.

bskap 11y ago
You mean like the University of Washington? (tied for #6 for CS in the latest US News rankings)
- codeonfire 11y ago
  University of Washington might have a top CS department, but this institute is not teaching CS or even STEM. This sounds like a fluff school for rich families that want their kids in the US. Microsoft execs will control a complete immigration pipeline from student visa through green card.
aswin8728 11y ago
UW is #6 in the nation in CS (US News & World), #48 in national universities (US News & World) and #26 in global rankings (Times Higher Education Rankings)...
- codeonfire 11y ago
  This school is not UW though, is it. Who, specifically, is going to teach at this new institute since UW profs are already at capacity and Tsinghua profs are in China. They certainly are not funding any new research here. How can you have a graduate institute in technology with no research, pHds, or even undergrads? What are the diploma's going to say? GIX, UW, Tsinghua, Microsoft?
  - stephengillie 11y ago
    You could make this argument for any nascent learning institution. Obviously, they're going to do what anyone does when starting a school: pull respected faculty from other schools, start new research programs and import research-in-progress if possible, hire PHDs and other lecturers, and eventually develop an undergraduate program. And I'd guess that since the Global Innovation Exchange will be the name of the school, that's what the diplomas will say too.
stephengillie 11y ago
If it's as you describe, then I don't see Microsoft being the only firm benefitting. Amazon, Adobe, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Nordstrom, Redfin, Starbucks, and others will jump at that chance as well, I'm sure. Maybe they'll help to make Seattle more affordable again. I don't want this place to become another SF.
- mratzloff 11y ago
  That ship has sailed; this won't do anything to alleviate that. Seattle will never be affordable again while homes are in such short supply. Even if salaries were depressed here, people moving here from California would continue to raise the cost of living.

bskap 11y ago

You mean like the University of Washington? (tied for #6 for CS in the latest US News rankings)

codeonfire 11y ago
University of Washington might have a top CS department, but this institute is not teaching CS or even STEM. This sounds like a fluff school for rich families that want their kids in the US. Microsoft execs will control a complete immigration pipeline from student visa through green card.

aswin8728 11y ago

UW is #6 in the nation in CS (US News & World), #48 in national universities (US News & World) and #26 in global rankings (Times Higher Education Rankings)...

codeonfire 11y ago
This school is not UW though, is it. Who, specifically, is going to teach at this new institute since UW profs are already at capacity and Tsinghua profs are in China. They certainly are not funding any new research here. How can you have a graduate institute in technology with no research, pHds, or even undergrads? What are the diploma's going to say? GIX, UW, Tsinghua, Microsoft?
- stephengillie 11y ago
  You could make this argument for any nascent learning institution. Obviously, they're going to do what anyone does when starting a school: pull respected faculty from other schools, start new research programs and import research-in-progress if possible, hire PHDs and other lecturers, and eventually develop an undergraduate program. And I'd guess that since the Global Innovation Exchange will be the name of the school, that's what the diplomas will say too.

stephengillie 11y ago

If it's as you describe, then I don't see Microsoft being the only firm benefitting. Amazon, Adobe, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Nordstrom, Redfin, Starbucks, and others will jump at that chance as well, I'm sure. Maybe they'll help to make Seattle more affordable again. I don't want this place to become another SF.

mratzloff 11y ago
That ship has sailed; this won't do anything to alleviate that. Seattle will never be affordable again while homes are in such short supply. Even if salaries were depressed here, people moving here from California would continue to raise the cost of living.