I am happy to see other models being tried. I agree that 8-12 week courses is not enough to become competent. However I am not sure the part-time mentors rather than full-time teachers thing will work. Time will tell of course.
I get the feeling that students would be heavily short changed via this program.<p>I realize that there are issues with the traditional university model. However, students need to learn about system architecture, theory, algorithm analysis, etc.<p>I get the feeling that this is nothing but a training program for a particular job. (Also, it may be a way to keep labor from leaving and/or over leveraging salary negotiation [fixed training program])