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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Enrollment in graduate science and engineering (S&E) programs has risen to new levels, including greater percentages of non-White ethnic groups and women, according...Information Week From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2009
The Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Project has received 526 applications for CIFellowships from 145 distinct colleges and universities. The applications...Computing Community Consortium From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2009
Studies indicate that although U.S. women have achieved parity or near-parity with men on science and math achievement tests, the top levels of many such fields...Education Week From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2009
Some experts project that the Obama administration's cybersecurity push will expand two-year colleges' role in supplying cybersecurity workers to government agencies...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2009
Britain is hiring former computer hackers to join a new security unit aimed at protecting cyberspace from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, the country's terrorism...The Associated Press From ACM News | June 26, 2009
According to Foote Partners, recent unemployment figures show a mixed outlook for IT jobs. The good news is that some IT hiring segments are actually showing improvement...Information Week From ACM CareerNews | June 8, 2009
After months of economic uncertainty, recruiters say that companies are once again hiring new CIOs. In addition, they are stepping up hiring across the senior IT...TechCareers From ACM CareerNews | June 10, 2009
In early 2009, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates noted that the Defense Department would need to more than double the number of its cyber security experts....InternetNews.com From ACM CareerNews | June 8, 2009
An animation program called Alice, developed by the late Randy Pausch of Carnegie Mellon University, is being used by computer scientists around the country to...Duke niversity News & Communications From ACM TechNews | June 24, 2009
While schools around the country are doing more to equip themselves with coursework that prepares students for the needs of today's workforce, on too many occasions...ACM From ACM News | June 24, 2009
The convergence of technology, education, and diversity is the topic of a new book written by Jane Margolis of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2009
A study by the Conference Board of Canada for the Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow's IT Skills (CCICT) and Bell Canada found that high school students place a greater...Computerworld Canada From ACM TechNews | June 22, 2009
As employment headlines go from grim to grimmer, it’s appropriate that one job category with expanding demand involves helping people avoid reality. Designers of...The New York Times From ACM Careers | June 15, 2009
The University of California, San Diego this week claimed to be the first public university in the United States to offer an iPhone application that provides mobile...niversity of California, San Diego From ACM Careers | June 15, 2009
The Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies (CBIT) at Roskilde University in Denmark invites applications for a PhD scholarship in Computer...Roskilde niversity From ACM Careers | June 15, 2009
Math and science education in the United States needs to improve dramatically if the country wants to stay competitive in the 21st century, concludes a report from...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | June 12, 2009
Lamar University's Increasing Student Participation In Research Development (INSPIRED) team hosts computing workshops for middle and high school students in an...Lamar niversity From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2009
Dame Wendy Hall, president of ACM, is one of the world's leading computer scientists and a fervent advocate for women in science. She notes that although women...London Guardian (K) From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2009
Just 6.1 percent of men and 8.2 percent of women holding technical positions in Silicon Valley are minorities, with less than 2 percent of women of color holding...Information Week From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2009
An interim report issued by ACM and the WGBH Educational Foundation confirms a significant gender gap among college-bound students in their opinions of computing...ACM From ACM Careers | June 3, 2009