IT program fails its students, instructors

Information technology.
No longer a catch phrase, the industry is one of the fastest-growing fields in
the country.
We applaud CMU for its efforts to bring this highly popular program on campus,
but there is work to be done to help it flourish.
CMU is the first and only school in the state of Michigan to offer the IT program,
but a good example for other schools to follow is not being set.
With an increase in computer science and IT course enrollment and decrease in
faculty to support the programs, we wonder what action will be taken to help the
computer science department support the new IT program.
The computer science faculty have gone beyond the call of duty in preparation
of the IT courses.
With no instructors specializing in information technology, what time does the
faculty have to stay current in their computer science content and research along
with teaching additional IT courses?
With such a low number of faculty, has anyone thought about the department’s
morale?
If the IT program at CMU is modeled after a successful IT program at Rochester
Institute of Technology, maybe CMU should take a second look at what makes them
successful.
After all, CMU should not stifle the growth of a program our society is demanding.