US Computer Science enrollment dropped 60% from 2000 to 2004

[Asher]

When did you start working at Firaxis, Trip?

[Kuciwalker]

Trip works at Firaxis?

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
comp sci is an impacted major all across the US and since some people dont wanna wait two years to get in (and they need 4.0s in everything else) they choose something else to study.

That doesn't make any sense. Lot's of majors require two years prior to getting in and have academic requirements - my IR program cetainly had both. The thing is, that those academic requirements float with the demand for the program. If no one wanted to take compsci or anything else for that matter, they wouldn't require a 4.0 to get in.

[aneeshm]

Thanks for the good news , Asher .

[:) Smiley]

Fewer nerds

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Trip works at Firaxis?

He doesn't need the ego boost

[Lawrence of Arabia]

That doesn't make any sense. Lot's of majors require two years prior to getting in and have academic requirements - my IR program cetainly had both. The thing is, that those academic requirements float with the demand for the program. If no one wanted to take compsci or anything else for that matter, they wouldn't require a 4.0 to get in.

yeah, all the impacted majors. and youre right, too many people want to take compsci, so they set artificial limitations to get in, so people say early on 'why should i work for two years and not get a guarantee to be a compsci major? ill take math or engineering instead'

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by Asher
When did you start working at Firaxis, Trip?

Back in early Feb.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia


yeah, all the impacted majors. and youre right, too many people want to take compsci, so they set artificial limitations to get in, so people say early on 'why should i work for two years and not get a guarantee to be a compsci major? ill take math or engineering instead'

If too many people want to take compsci, enrollment wouldn't be down 60%. Why is this hard for you?

[Lawrence of Arabia]

heres why - when compsci became impacted, less students wanted to take it. however, it still stays impacted, even though less students are taking it because universities dont adjust to short term changes very quickly. (you cannot just turn it on and off, and you can only estimate how many incoming students will want to take it) if the trend continues, then they will de-impact it.

[Sikander]

Some of this is due to the fact that math and science majors of all sorts are declining in popularity in the U.S.. The rest I think is due to the first really big recession in the industry after the tech bubble burst. That sort of thing affects the young dispropportionately, and may have had an impact on the numbers of people willing to take a difficult course of study.

[pchang]

Nothing to worry about. Plenty of IIT grads to pick up the slack.