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When President Obama challenged the private sector this past August to hire 100,000 unemployed veterans by the end of 2013, he shared the stage with companies...Computerworld From ACM Careers | November 10, 2011
Southern Illinois University is one of the few U.S. schools where males outnumber female students, as women make up just 44 percent of undergraduates. New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2011
Although the number of college graduates increased about 29 percent from 2001 to 2009, the number graduating with engineering degrees increased just 19 percent...Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2011
A new partnership between the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Watermen's Museum in historic Yorktown Virginia lets schoolchildren use robotic subs...Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary From ACM Careers | November 8, 2011
U.S. businesses are in a Catch-22. They've got plenty of jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math — STEM — ready to fill. Unfortunately, the supply...U.S.News & World Report From ACM Careers | November 4, 2011
The number of college freshmen interested in majoring in a STEM field on the rise. But roughly 40 percent end up switching to other subjects or failing to get...The New York Times From ACM Careers | November 4, 2011
Sometimes you can go home again. Mark Zuckerberg, who famously dropped out of Harvard College to start a little Web site called Facebook, will be back there on...ABC News From ACM Careers | November 2, 2011
A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests males score higher on technical aptitude tests than females because boys and men are simply more interested...University of Iowa From ACM Careers | November 2, 2011
The slow pace of job creation has revived interest in getting promising new technologies out of university labs and into the marketplace. At Stanford University...National Public Radio From ACM Careers | November 2, 2011
When the Ad:tech advertising technology conference hits New York next week, marketers, advertising agencies and recruiters may spend less time listening to the...The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 31, 2011
Women who start college aiming to become engineers are more likely than men to change their major and choose another career because they lack confidence, according...Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2011
From a marketability perspective, a technology professional's skill set has a two year half-life. That said, there are things that you can do to keep yourself...ITworld From ACM Careers | October 27, 2011
Demand for technology professionals continues to rise, as the technology industry remains one of the fastest growing career fields. Broader use of technology across...Milwaukee Journal Sentinel From ACM CareerNews | October 13, 2011
Women are less likely than men to stay in engineering majors and to become engineers because they want to have families and are more insecure about their math abilities...American Sociological Association From ACM Careers | October 25, 2011
Schools nationwide have rushed to supply their classrooms with computers. But the contrarian point of view can be found at the epicenter of the tech economy,...The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 24, 2011
An innovative computer science program launched last year by Microsoft software engineer Kevin Wang now includes three dozen industry professionals who are volunteering...Sammamish Patch From ACM Careers | October 21, 2011
Carol Spradling's life changed when she saw a computer application that could do her time-consuming accounting work in seconds. She was recently named the recipient...NewspressNow.com From ACM Careers | October 20, 2011
If you haven't seen the excellent post on Mountain Beltway—Words matter—you should head over there and take a look. The post brought up some interesting ideas about...Southern Fried Science From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2011
Using a five-year, $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, researchers with "Project ALL" are developing a computer simulator that evaluates...Virginia Commonwealth niversity From ACM Careers | October 18, 2011
A coalition of regional partners in upstate New York has received $9.8 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to expand a promising, teacher-focused...University at Buffalo From ACM Careers | October 14, 2011