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This is a waste of resources on the part of the city. Both NYU and Columbia are top notch institutions and it would make far greater sense to expand their progr
by dr_ 15y ago
This is a waste of resources on the part of the city. Both NYU and Columbia are top notch institutions and it would make far greater sense to expand their programs.
Beyond that, the formula of what makes for a thriving tech community isn't entirely clear anyhow. The Valley has Stanford and VC's (and great weather), but there is also little else in the area competing for talent beyond great tech companies. So throwing in a new college/university into Manhattan isn't going to be enough to change things.
Rockefeller University is in the city, and it has fantastic researchers and great educational programs in the biomedical sciences - but you don't see biomedical companies popping up all over Manhattan because of it.
- iskander 15y agoI'm an NYU grad student and I think putting city money into my school would be a greater waste. NYU is a distracted and sprawling bureaucracy. Getting two weeks of summer funding required a long series of confusing email exchanges which finally resulted in having to sign 5 identical forms (each given to a different administrator). The elevators in my building break on a regular basis, and attracting the attention of maintenance workers requires forms and requests from "higher up". They've started closing the math building at night (a night guard is too costly) but find enough money/resources to expand into Abu Dhabi and Poly. It's a mess!
- asanwal 15y agoUnfortunately, NYC and Columbia haven't been aggressive in this regard. As an NYC'er, the competition will likely cause everyone, including the incumbents, to raise their game which is good for students, the city, etc.