[IP] Interest in Computer Science as a Major Drops

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Peter Harsha <harsha@cra.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:12:56 -0400
To: <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Interest in Computer Science as a Major Drops

Dave,

 From Jay Vegso's post at the Computing Research Policy Blog:
http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000317.html
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Interest in CS as a Major Drops

According to an analysis of results from a survey conducted by
HERI/UCLA, the percentage of incoming undergraduates indicating that
they would major in CS declined by over 60 percent between the Fall of
2000 and 2004, and is now 70 percent lower than its peak in the early
1980s.

Alarmingly, interest in CS among women fell 80 percent between 1998 and
2004, and 93 percent since its peak in 1982.

Results from CRA's Taulbee Survey show that the number of newly
declared CS majors has declined for the past four years and is now 39
percent lower than in the Fall of 2000.

All told, a decline in undergraduate degree production is likely in the
next decade.

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Jay's full article in Computing Research News is here:
http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may05/vegso

-Peter


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