Our CS depatartment, like many others, has a senior project class. Students have no input on what their project will be or who it will be for. They generally te

Our CS depatartment, like many others, has a senior project class. Students have no input on what their project will be or who it will be for. They generally tend to be projects sponsored by a gov't organization that shelves the project once it's finished. I'm unaware of any financial arrangement that may occur when sponsoring a project, but it is literally incomprehensible to me why something could not be run like Google SOC so at least the community could benefit from our work. Students aren't being exposed to FOSS projects, so they're less likely to contribute after graduation.