SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL ALLOW AMERICANS TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY

Florida International University (FIU) is facing an $11 million budget cut for 2008-2009 fiscal year. Due to the need for these budget cuts on May 15, 2008, Dean Mirmiran announces a recommendation to close all Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) programs. 

If we continue down this path TODAY we will close down ISE, and TOMORROW we will slowly close down other Engineering programs at FIU.

STOP the CLOSING of the ISE program at FIU. Budget cuts DO NOT MEAN close down valuable academic programs at FIU. There are alternatives. One alternative being the ISE budget cut proposal that would NOT require the closing of the ISE program.

FIU CANNOT be interested in a SHORT-TERM MISGUIDED SOLUTION what FIU should NEED/WANT is a LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION a solution with a future.