Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

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 …

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W@CC hosts hackathon to promote gender diversity

W@CC hosts hackathon to promote gender diversity

This past Saturday, March 9, the Klaus Advanced Computing atrium was filled with participants for the Women at College of Computing (W@CC) hackathon developing projects from as a text-to-ASL software to community forums websites. In honor of Women’s History Month, the hackathon was catered as a space for women to participate and network with other …

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Engineering North Carolina’s Future: Learn about the initiative for teaching and research in UNC Charlotte’s College of Engineering and College of Computing and Informatics | News

Engineering North Carolina’s Future: Learn about the initiative for teaching and research in UNC Charlotte’s College of Engineering and College of Computing and Informatics | News

UNC Charlotte will implement the Engineering North Carolina’s Future initiative proposed by the N.C. General Assembly aims to increase the number of engineers and computer scientists to meet the demands of new companies and organizations in N.C. “[The purpose] is to provide more opportunities, educational type of opportunities, for students as well as to increase …

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