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Interest in CS as a Major Drops

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bad-raps dept.

Dasein writes "The Computer Research Association says that the popularity of CS as a major among freshman has dropped in the last four years. Why is obvious to anybody working in the field. They conclude by saying 'With a fall in degree production looming, it is difficult to see how CS can match expected future demand for IT workers without raising women's participation at the undergraduate level.'"

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  1. This topic has been done to death by xRelisH · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and it's been pointed out many times that most of these people losing interest are people shouldn't be in CS anyway. The people who are "leaving" are simply the crowd following the next get rich quick career.

    The people who are left are the ones who actually like Computer Science and actually know what it is. What angers me is that there are a lot of programs out there at community colleges and such and call themselves Computer Science programs when they only teach you C/C++ syntax.

    "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -Edsger Dijkstra