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Computer Science Programs Make a Comeback in Enrollment
- 10ren 18y ago"we don’t have Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns and Citibank to compete with." So this might not indicate any particular health in computer science in itself, just comparatively.
- mgreenbe 18y agoOr that the current climate in the computer industry is similar to that of ten years ago. I'd be curious to see a serious breakdown of which schools are seeing increased enrollment, and in which subprograms of CS.
- dandelany 18y agoWhile they don't break down results by school, the complete report has a lot of nice additional data, including a list of all schools surveyed: http://www.cra.org/info/taulbee/CRATaulbeeReport-StudentEnrollment-07-08.pdf http://www.cra.org/info/taulbee/CRATaulbeeReport-StudentEnro... I think (hope) this is encouraging news, but it's hard to call it a trend this early
- Anon84 18y agoThis happens whenever there is a crisis. All the people who would normally go in to industry decide to take on grad school as a way to ride off the storm for a few years. As soon as things improve, enrollment levels will go back to "normal".