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Tech Sector Faces 'Serious and Pervasive' Skills Shortage

Canadian companies will need to hire about 106,000 new information and communications technology employees over the next five years, but there likely will not be...

Computer Science Prof Do-Si-Do-Ing with Robots
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Computer Science Prof Do-Si-Do-Ing with Robots

Robots will compete in a hoedown and rodeo at the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) as part of a professor's and tech expert's...

Technology Helps Female Researchers More Than Males, Study Finds
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Technology Helps Female Researchers More Than Males, Study Finds

Access to information technology benefits female research scientists more than their male counterparts, increasing research productivity and collaboration, according...

Practical Intelligence Key to Entrepreneurial Success
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Practical Intelligence Key to Entrepreneurial Success

New research shows that practical intelligence, or street sense, may be central to entrepreneurial success.

The Academic Job Search: How to Prepare Key Documents
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The Academic Job Search: How to Prepare Key Documents

While the academic job search can be grueling, there are key steps you can take to increase your chances of future job success. It's crucial that you prepare key...

Schools See Surge in Computer Science Classes
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Schools See Surge in Computer Science Classes

Many colleges saw significant growth in computer science enrollment this fall compared to three years ago, demonstrating the growing importance of technology education...

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Effort Seeks to Diversify Cyber-Security Field

In an effort to increase the number of women and minorities in the field of cyber security, Missouri University of Science and Technology is working with the University...

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­niversities May Be Failing to Sufficiently Teach Basic Research Skills

Colleges and universities may be failing to prepare students for today's information-driven workplace where research skills and collaborative learning are becoming...

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Wising ­p on STEM Completion

Arizona State University researchers recently unveiled CareerWISE, a website designed to increase the retention of women pursuing degrees and careers in science...

How Government Policy Drives E-Learning
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How Government Policy Drives E-Learning

While governments have always played an important role in designing a nation's educational system, the rapid pace of technological development means that legislators...

Engineering, Computer-Science Pay More Than Liberal Arts
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Engineering, Computer-Science Pay More Than Liberal Arts

Computer science and engineering graduates generally have significantly higher starting salaries than liberal arts majors, according to a Wall Street Journal and...

Employers Favor State Schools For Hires
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Employers Favor State Schools For Hires

A Wall Street Journal study found that U.S. companies largely favor graduates of large state universities over Ivy League and other elite liberal-arts schools when...

Census: Women Closing in on Male-Dominated Fields
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Census: Women Closing in on Male-Dominated Fields

Younger generations of women are closing the gender gap in science and business and now account for nearly half of those college majors traditionally dominated...

Black Computer Scientists in Academe: An Endangered Species?
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Black Computer Scientists in Academe: An Endangered Species?

African-Americans account for just 1.3 percent of computer science faculty at U.S. colleges and universities, and only 1.6 percent of computer science doctorate...

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How to Save ­.s. It Jobs

Leading academics and analysts, consultants and IT services executives weigh in on what the federal government ought to do to help create IT jobs and maintain U...

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11 Hot Skills For 2011

Computerworld recently conducted a survey and found 11 skills that IT managers are looking for when hiring new employees. About 45 percent of respondents said...

Getting More Indian Women to Study Science
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Getting More Indian Women to Study Science

On Thursday (August 26), the U.S. embassy in New Delhi organized a one-day workshop on women in science with the support of the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology...

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Ready For 2020? Advice For Every Career Stage

The information technology industry is expected to undergo major changes in the next decade that will impact the career plans of every generation of IT worker....

Encouraging the Next Generation of It Workers
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Encouraging the Next Generation of It Workers

The number of information and communications technology General Certificate of Secondary Education students in the United Kingdom has dropped 33 percent, according...

Senator Schumer: H-1b ­se ­ndercuts Pay, Discourages Tech Enrollments
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Senator Schumer: H-1b ­se ­ndercuts Pay, Discourages Tech Enrollments

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says the H-1B visa program has created "multinational temp agencies" that undercut U.S. wages and discourage students from entering...
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