Generation CS Archives

Generation CS, Three Years Later

By: Betsy Bizot, CRA Director of Statistics and Evaluation, and Stu Zweben, CRA Survey Committee Chair, The Ohio State UniversityIn: August 2019, Vol. 31/No.7 /

In 2017, CRA published the Generation CS report on the surge in undergraduate computer science enrollments, based on data gathered through an Enrollments Survey of doctoral and non-doctoral academic units of computer science in fall 2015.Since then, enrollments have continued to grow. In fall 2018, as part of the Taulbee Survey of doctoral departments, CRA included some questions to assess the current impact. Are academic units still struggling, or has the increase become the new normal? What changes have occurred in department resources or policies? What is the observed impact on students and faculty, including student diversity?

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New York Times Article Spotlights the High Demand for Computer Science Professors

In: February 2019, Vol. 31/No.2 /

Recently, The New York Times featured an article “The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class.” The story explores how the increasing student demand for computer science courses is outstripping the supply of professors. The article cites CRA Taulbee Survey data and quotes several current and former CRA board members.

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NAS Report Investigates the Growth of Computer Science Undergraduate Enrollments

By: Susanne Hambrusch, Purdue UniversityIn: November 2017, Vol. 29/No.10 /

The NAS report discusses strategies central for managing enrollment and resources, and makes recommendations for departments and institutions. Its findings and recommendations provide much-needed guidelines on how institutions can allocate resources to meet growing student demand and to adequately support their computer science department in the increasingly central role of computer science in education and research.

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