Concerns About Declining Interest In Computer Science

In the United States, the number of bachelor's degrees in computer and information sciences soared 91 percent from 1997 to 2002, during the tech boom. Recently, however, the popularity of computer science as a major for incoming freshmen has plummeted, falling more than 60 percent from 2000 to 2004, according to the Higher Education Research Institute at University of California at Los Angeles. Somehow, teachers say, states must embrace the idea of training sophisticated computer users at a younger age. Read more at:
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