Two former computer-science professors from New York University say education in their field is failing to teach basic skills. In an essay from The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, Robert B.K.

Knowing how to program a computer is good for you, and it’s a shame more people don’t learn to do it. For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It’s led to educational initiatives as ...

Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That’s when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the ...

How can you take a holistic look at computing, from the top down? Computer science is the answer. As the trend toward globalization connects people in every part of the world, digital networks and ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Situated within the McCormick School of Engineering, the Department of Computer Science (CS) at Northwestern University equips students with the technological expertise to build computer science ...

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It’s no secret computer science education is seen as one of smartest ways to prepare students for the future of work. And in the last 12 months, 33 states have adopted a total of 57 policies to ...

Computer science majors work as software developers, security analysts, and web developers. And all those top careers in computer science offer high demand and a strong earning potential. But what if ...

Joe Sanbria (seated), 16, gets help from his classmates with the programming language Python at Foshay Technology Academy in Los Angeles. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource Today This story has been ...

Situated within the McCormick School of Engineering and driven by the CS+X initiative, the Department of Computer Science (CS) at Northwestern University prepares students to perform impactful and ...