Sarah Wright News Office Faculty members approved an undergraduate communications requirement and a new Master of Engineering in Logistics degree at the April 16 meeting. Another third were shown to have only marginal abilities. All had passed Phase One of the communications requirement established in 1982. This could lead to proliferation of titles and to turf battles. Professor Hutchinson cited precedents, including one related to the Department of Ocean Engineering, in which similar requests had been turned down.
Transportation is old, passe.
Logistics is much more marketable. We have publicity ready to go, articles are in professional journals. Professor Hutchinson's motion to table discussion was defeated, 33-13, and the original motion establishing a Master of Engineering in Logistics was passed. In other business, a slate of nominees for standing committees was presented, as well as three separate motions to change certain faculty regulations. These items will be voted on at the May meeting.