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Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences

University Business

Out of the top 20 undergraduate four-year majors, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that computer and information (data) sciences is the only one that has seen consistent growth, with student interest surviving the wake of the pandemic. The employment growth rate for jobs in computer and mathematics is projected to be 15.2%

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

More from UB: Computer science degrees: How demand has both reduced and improved Northland College has operated at a deficit for eight years, The Minnesota Star Tribune reports. While students were informed that Lewis University would accept transfers, faculty were left uncertain about their future, with no severance pay offered.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

So the institution’s disclosure that it briefed the Board of Visitors on not just a department but a possible division-level unit of computational and data science stunned many on campus. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Students’ top 10 most-regretted majors have everything to do with one issue

University Business

The happiest respondents earned their degrees in computer and information sciences, and criminology. Holders of computer science degrees are finding their skills in high demand all across the workforce—from tech to consulting to management, where they are being offered average salaries of $100,000 or more, ZipRecruiter says.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. The key is to paint a sharper picture of the enormous benefits that liberal arts actually deliver.

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The Power of Empowerment

Faculty Focus

Dissemination of Growth Mindset Principles and Attitudes in the Division of Science and Mathematics at a Liberal Arts College.” Journal of Information Technology Education: Research 18 (June): 19–43. Education Sciences 12, no. Proceedings of the European Conference on E-Learning , January 2019, 65–69. Dweck, Carol.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.