{"122311":{"#nid":"122311","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Computer Science Transitions From Elective to Requirement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe digital age is here to stay, so some colleges are updating mandatory general education courses. Each of the nearly 2,000 freshmen entering Georgia Institute of Technology each year must take a computer science course regardless of their major, says Charles Isbell (\u003Cem\u003EComp Sci\u003C\/em\u003E). \u003Cem\u003ESource: Chicago Tribune\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27556","created_gmt":"2012-04-05 12:39:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:32","author":"Michaelanne Dye","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlantic hurricane season","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/2012\/04\/03\/computer-science-transitions-from-elective-to-requirement-computer-science-transitions-from-elective-to-requirement","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10664","name":"charles isbell"},{"id":"1051","name":"Computer Science"},{"id":"29441","name":"General Education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}