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'Generation CS' Drives Growth in Enrollments: Undergraduates who understand the importance of computer science have been expanding the CS student cohort for more than a decade.

Authors :
Guzdial, Mark
Source :
Communications of the ACM. Jul2017, Vol. 60 Issue 7, p10-11. 2p. 1 Graph.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The article presents a blog post from http://bit.ly/2qiMahP that discusses growing interest in computer science (CS) majors by U.S. undergraduate students, also offering a reply and a response to the reply. Topics include the report "Generation CS: Computer Science Undergraduate Enrollments Surge Since 2006" by the organization Computing Research Association (CRA), the lack of gender and racial diversity in CS programs, and problems with software developer bootcamp programs.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00010782
Volume :
60
Issue :
7
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Communications of the ACM
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
123967761
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1145/3088245