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Where Did All The CS Students Go?
from the chemistry? dept
The NY Times has written an article about the rapid decrease in the number of computer science students in the last few years. Of course, this shouldn't be a huge surprise. During the boom years, plenty of people went into CS, because they thought that was where the money was - and not because they particularly enjoyed computer science. Now, most of those people are gone (though, the article suggests many of them have moved on to sciences like chemistry and biology - believing biotech is the next big moneymaking field). Of course, I have mixed opinions on this. Generally speaking, I don't think people who go into a field just because of the money are doing it for the right reason. They're usually not as motivated or skilled as people who go into a field because they find it fun, exciting, or interesting. So, the students in the field now are ones who really want to be there - and that's good. At the same time, many schools are encouraging the kids to be more well-rounded, and getting them to minor in other fields (like business administration) to get have a broader base of knowledge. There's a side article about how Carnegie Mellon is trying to get more women into computer science that refers to the "dave-to-girl ratio" of how many guys named dave there are to women in the program - and point out there was a point where it was over one.
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Who cares....
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perhaps it's due to...
...yeah, that would pretty much explain it.
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maybe...
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Jocks, Artists, and Scientists
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Get a degree in CS and go to work at the local Wal-mart ? Not a future most want to embrace right now.
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C.S. degree numbers
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