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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2794114" data-attributes="member: 177">Don't bother getting mad.  It isn't like the place was a democracy, where you have rights to such information.  While giving such information would be nice, there's no requirement to do so.  Why not give out that information?  Simple - giving information invites argument.  Lots of it.  Months and months of it.  If the University is in real financial trouble, it doesn't have the time  to argue over it.  The people probably don't have the energy, either.  I doubt anyone there's had an easy time of things - student, faculty, or staff.Um, simple - modern engineering teaching facilities are expensive.  You can teach humanities with books and paper, but these days engineering requires the support of labs and equipment and computers with real muscle.</blockquote>