Alumnus (of the CISE department) and staff (not of the department) here. I interpreted that move as more internal politics. The EE and CISE programs for "doin

Alumnus (of the CISE department) and staff (not of the department) here. I interpreted that move as more internal politics. The EE and CISE programs for "doing computer stuff" compete with each other for dollars and mindshare. The squishyness of the CS tracks (there's an engineering and a liberal-arts track both) also complicates the picture. My angle is, the reasons quoted to the press for any of these decisions is a deliberate fabrication. Don't make inferences about how the university functions from the press releases. It might be different at other multibillion-dollar businesses, but somehow I expect not.