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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education. Missing Seats at Important Tables.

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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

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million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. Computer science, the sixth most popular major, saw significant growth, increasing by 10.4 percent increase over fall 2021 and a healthy jump from the 2.24

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Report: International graduate student enrollment booms by 100% since the pandemic

University Business

And since fall 2019, enrollment across both undergraduate and graduate programs has decreased by 5.8%. More from UB: How 2 college equity leaders advise navigating a changing climate amid backlash International applications and enrollment China and India remain as the two most significant countries whose students are applying for U.S.

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Highlights from Higher Ed: Lower-Income Enrollment Woes, Segregation by Major, War’s Effect on Course Selection, and Pandemic-Era Transfers

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For example, men are more likely to enroll in computer science and engineering programs; women are more likely to opt for education and healthcare programs. “In In 2020, men graduated with bachelor’s degrees in computer science and engineering at a rate more than quadruple that of women. Source: Higher Ed Dive.

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The Midlife Crisis’s ‘Evil Younger Brother’: The Quarter-Life Crisis

Inside Higher Ed

” More contemporary accounts, like Candice Carty-Williams’s 2019 British Book of the Year–winning Queenie , also deals with the struggle to chart a direction in life, find a job and forge meaningful relationships and define an identity separate and apart from one’s parents’ expectations.

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Data Nirvana

Inside Higher Ed

Here we look at features of the CUNY computer systems that have helped make one part of A2B, the Articulation of Credit Transfer Project ( ACT) successful, and then consider some of the challenges we face as we work to extend ACT to systems beyond CUNY. But for others on the development team, it’s been a steep learning curve!

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

In 2019 CMU-Africa moved into a new $10 million campus financed by the Rwandan government. But he said the growth of the tech sector and computer science, areas where CMU prides itself on being a leading name, has led to renewed interest from foundations like MasterCard—and, he hopes, more equity in their investments.