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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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U.s. Keeps Foreign Ph.d.s
Most foreigners who came to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in science and engineering stayed on after graduation — at least until the recession began — refuting...
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Connecting Women and Technology
Guest blogger Valerie Barr writes about highlights of the ninth Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, including keynote speeches by Megan Smith...
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Darpa: U.s. Geek Shortage Is National Security Risk
Sure, we’re all plugged in and online 24/7. But fewer American kids are growing up to be bona fide computer geeks. And that poses a serious security risk for the...
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MIT and First Ally to Encourage STEM Educational Careers
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are collaborating on a program designed to...
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Top Innovators Practice Five Skills the Rest of S Don't
The most innovative CEOs spend 50 percent more time practicing five specific innovation skills than do their less creative counterparts, according to a six-year...
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Wanted: Cyber Ninjas
U.S. colleges are adding courses and specialized degrees in the once-exotic field of cybersecurity to try to meet the growing demands for computer security skills...
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Landing a Job of the Future Takes a Two-Track Mind
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' outlook for job growth between 2008 and 2018, there are several bright spots where new jobs and promising career...
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New Programs Aim to Lure Young Into Digital Jobs
Educators and technologists say both the image of computing work and computer science education in high schools need to change to fill what are expected to be the...
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Tenure-O-Meter
Indiana University computer scientists have developed the Tenurometer, a tool for evaluating the impact of scholars in their field. Tenurometer counts the number...
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Advancing STEM Education
Seven institutions received funding in fiscal year 2009 through Innovation through Institutional Integration, or I3 — an effort intended to link institutions' existing...
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Of Girls and Geeks: Why Women Don't Like Computer Science
The stereotype of computer scientists as nerds who stay up all night coding and have no social life may be driving women away from the field, according to a new...
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Learning Computer Science From Scratch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher Mitchel Resnick and colleagues at the MIT Media Lab have enjoyed great success with Scratch, a computer programming...
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A Week to Focus on Computer Science Education
The U.S. House of Representatives has designated Dec. 6-12 Computer Science Education Week to help raise awareness of the dearth of computer science in grades K...
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Obama Warns Against Turning Away the 'best and the Brightest'
At the recent White House jobs summit, President Barack Obama addressed the need to admit foreign students into the United States. Obama said the intellectual...
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First Computer Science Education Week Targets Issues in Teaching Computer Science
ACM and its partners are launching Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) to uncover and remedy the inadequacy of the nation's computer science (CS) education...
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Women Make Strides in Sciences
The University of Calgary's Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) program helps young women explore opportunities in underrepresented science and engineering...
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Colleges, Federal Agencies rged to Coordinate Efforts For Women in Science
Women with Ph.D.'s in the sciences will keep "leaking out" of the tenure pipeline if colleges and the federal agencies that award grant money to researchers do...
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H-1b Demand Spike May Signal Improving Outlook For Skilled Pros
Demand for H-1B visas has risen sharply over the past six to eight weeks, and the number of companies planning to increase college hiring is also rising, indicating...
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Viewpoints: Why Aren't More 'techies' Women?
Although technology jobs have become increasingly popular as a result of the recession, young women are still not choosing careers in technology, writes Silicon...
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Equal Opportunities Through Technology Education
Academy of FinlandThe international Understanding and Providing a Developmental Approach to Technology Education (UPDATE) project is studying more effective methods...
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