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Number of US computer science graduates collapse

NPR: Larry Abramson reports that the number of University of Maryland computer science graduates has collapsed over the last eight years from 2200 graduates in 2000 to 600 today. Similar trends have been seen at other computer science departments around the country.

Posted by Physics Today on March 17, 2008 9:16 AM |

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And why do you think this is?
Could it be the outlandish fees for attending college? Could it be that foreign students are filling college and university spots that American students should be filling?

Posted by: Ray | April 27, 2008 1:03 PM

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