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FECS
2009
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13 years 2 months ago
United States Challenges in Science and Engineering Education
- Numerous statistical data indicate that science and engineering workforce in the United States is aging and nearing retirement. Moreover, various studies show that it has become ...
Houssain Kettani
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 12 months ago
Design and evaluation of a computer science and engineering course for middle school girls
A significant focus in the United States recently has been to increase engagement and interest in STEM curricula, particularly among girls and underrepresented minorities [3]. In ...
Gabriela Marcu, Samuel J. Kaufman, Jaihee Kate Lee...
ICSE
2005
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
The challenges of software engineering education
We discuss the technical skills that a software engineer should possess. We take the viewpoint of a school of engineering and put the software engineer's education in the wid...
Carlo Ghezzi, Dino Mandrioli
FECS
2007
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13 years 6 months ago
Computing Branches Out: On Revitalizing Computing Education
Computing professionals are employed in so many different ways that it is difficult to even define the common foundation that all of them should master; however, a single degree ...
Ljubomir Perkovic, Amber Settle
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
355views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
13 years 11 months ago
Why students with an apparent aptitude for computer science don't choose to major in computer science
The statistics show that the number of Computer Science majors is dropping across the United States. Possible reasons include a reduced number of jobs in the field, an incorrect p...
Lori Carter