Joan Didion, Galileo, and the Declining Computer-Science Degree

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That’s the subject of my new Chronicle of Higher Education column. It notes that the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in computer science dropped from over 20,000 in 2004 to less than 10,000 last year, and wonders whether the consequences of exposing fewer students to the rigors of programming are even worse than they seem.

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About the Author

Kevin Carey is vice president for education and work at New America, a think tank in Washington, DC.