average number of undergraduate CS majors

The wrong way to study AI in college

2024-03-22 12:17 PM by Wanda Parisien

Computer-science students are being shielded from the liberal arts. That may be a problem. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Max Whittaker / The New York Times / Redux March 22, 2024, 1:17 PM ET This is Atlantic Intelligence, a limited-run series in which our writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a …

Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

2024-03-19 11:05 AM by Wanda Parisien

Last year, 18 percent of Stanford University seniors graduated with a degree in computer science, more than double the proportion of just a decade earlier. Over the same period at MIT, that rate went up from 23 percent to 42 percent. These increases are common everywhere: The average number of undergraduate CS majors at universities …