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What Makes High Schoolers Want to Study STEM?
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What Makes High Schoolers Want to Study STEM?

What motivates high school students to become interested in and pursue careers in the STEM fields? An NSF-funded study aims to find out.

Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects
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Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects

If Kaspersky, Huawei and ZTE are suspected of helping Russia and China spy on U.S. government computer systems, they shouldn't be allowed near sensitive academic...

Ctrl-Alt-Stall: India's Engineers Struggle for Work as Jobs Crisis Worsens
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Ctrl-Alt-Stall: India's Engineers Struggle for Work as Jobs Crisis Worsens

Hundreds of thousands of engineers are churned out by India's education system each year, many with large loans and little prospect of finding a job in their field...

More Than a Single Answer: Preparing Students for Jobs of the Future
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More Than a Single Answer: Preparing Students for Jobs of the Future

Learning has shifted from solving a problem with a single answer to identifying problems in a given situation and offering multiple possible solutions, Andy Puttock...

Microsoft Launches AI Business School
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Microsoft Launches AI Business School

Microsoft has launched the AI Business School, an online series of case studies and free instructional videos made to help business executives design and successfully...

Top ­niversities Join to Push 'Public Interest Technology'
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Top ­niversities Join to Push 'Public Interest Technology'

As technology becomes increasingly pervasive in American life, universities across the United States have been devising ways to teach students how to grapple with...

Sectors ­nite in Push to Develop Public Interest Technology Network
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Sectors ­nite in Push to Develop Public Interest Technology Network

Twenty-one U.S. colleges and universities have partnered with the Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, and New America to define and build the Public Interest Technology...

How to Keep Parents From Fleeing STEM Careers
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How to Keep Parents From Fleeing STEM Careers

STEM jobs are often defined by long hours and an "all or nothing" work ethos. New research suggests that the industry poses outsize challenges for male and female...

Videogame Skills Score With Employers
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Videogame Skills Score With Employers

Once associated with antisocial behavior or immaturity, gaming savvy now translates into welcome workplace capabilities.

What Programming Languages Engineers and Employers Love, and Hate
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What Programming Languages Engineers and Employers Love, and Hate

Online recruitment firm Hired released a report this week designed to paint a picture of software engineering job seekers in 2018.

Lighting the Path
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Lighting the Path

Five eminent female computer scientists discussed their careers and shared their insights in the "Perspectives from Luminaries" panel discussion.

­niversity of California Boycotts Elsevier Over Journal Costs and Open Access
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­niversity of California Boycotts Elsevier Over Journal Costs and Open Access

The University of California system will stop paying to subscribe to journals published by Elsevier, the world's largest scientific publisher, after talks to renew...

Which Colleges Are Best and Worst for Women in Computer Science?
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Which Colleges Are Best and Worst for Women in Computer Science?

An analysis of U.S. Department of Education data found only four colleges in the United States with at least 50 bachelor's degree recipients in computer science...

QS World ­University Rankings Rate Top Computer Science Schools for 2019
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QS World ­University Rankings Rate Top Computer Science Schools for 2019

The QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world's top universities in computer science and 47 other subject areas.

What 126 Studies Say About Education Technology
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What 126 Studies Say About Education Technology

A new publication from J-PAL North America summarizing 126 rigorous evaluations of different uses of education technology suggests some areas of promise and points...

Seattle Mayor Forms Student Internship Program With Amazon, Expedia, Others
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Seattle Mayor Forms Student Internship Program With Amazon, Expedia, Others

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan has launched a paid internship program for college students, in partnership with area companies.

­CLA's Computer Science Curriculum Fails to Teach Applicable Skills in the Field
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­CLA's Computer Science Curriculum Fails to Teach Applicable Skills in the Field

UCLA's computer science curriculum is focused on the theoretical foundations of the major, but students say they need more practical skills to cut it in the field...

Why Scientists Sometimes Make Extraordinary Claims
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Why Scientists Sometimes Make Extraordinary Claims

The interstellar object known as 'Oumuamua plunged into our solar system in 2017, leaving a trail of mystery in its wake.

Hiroshi Ishii Wins ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award
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Hiroshi Ishii Wins ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award

Hiroshi Ishii, the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, has been awarded the 2019 ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award for his career of...

Amazon to Fund Computer Science Courses in Over 1,000 ­.S. High Schools
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Amazon to Fund Computer Science Courses in Over 1,000 ­.S. High Schools

Amazon announced it will bring computer science courses to more than 1,000 high schools and tens of thousands of students throughout the United States.
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