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Computer science degrees: How demand has both reduced and improved

University Business

Computer science degrees have helped drive university enrollment over the past decade thanks to the strong compensation their graduates can expect in the job market. From 2023-2024, job postings rose by an average of 16% year-over-year in the top 10 occupations associated with computer science.

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Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. magnet program where half of the students in the pilot will come from.

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Unis and agencies work to leverage Bangladeshi market

The PIE News

As per UNESCO data , over 50,000 students from Bangladesh studied abroad in 2023. Moreover, Bangladeshi students enrolled in US institutions increased to 17,000 in 2023/24, a whopping 26% rise from the previous academic year, according to the 2024 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.

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PUCP launches online Master of Computer Science—the first degree from a Peruvian university on Coursera

Coursera blog

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera Today, I’m happy to announce an online Master of Computer Science* from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), the No. Applications are open for the first cohort, which begins August 16, 2023. This is the first degree from a Peruvian university on Coursera.

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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2023 report by the Community College Research Center found that only 16% of community college students earned a bachelors program within six years and just 10% of low-income students did. In 2023, CUNY s Board of Trustees charged the Universitys leadership including myself to fix the transfer system.

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How an MCS grad chose his pathway with Illinois—a top-5 computer science school

Coursera blog

Rahul is a recent graduate of the Master of Computer Science (MCS) program from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) on Coursera. News and World Report naming Illinois’ Department of Computer Science in the top 5 in 2023, Rahul could confidently pick the MCS.

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Student Success in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bureau of Labor Statistics projection that the majority of the fastest-growing occupations from 2023 to 2033 are in STEMthese promising careers often remain inaccessible to underrepresented groups. Despite the rising demand for skilled professionals in STEM fieldsillustrated by the U.S. These disparities highlight significant challenges.