{"598313":{"#nid":"598313","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Report Reveals Potential Drawbacks of Growing Demand for CS Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s no secret that the demand for computer science (CS) education is growing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn fact, according to a new report from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the number of bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degrees awarded nationally in computer and information science has increased by 74 percent at not-for-profit institutions since 2009, compared to a 16 percent increase in the number of overall awarded bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe situation at Georgia Tech is similar. Applications for Bachelor\u0026rsquo;s of Science CS degrees have risen roughly tenfold in the past decade, while overall undergraduate computing enrollment has nearly tripled from 893 total computing students in 2008-09 to more than 2,400 in 2017-18.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is something academia has been working to address for some time, but it\u0026rsquo;s getting to a point now where the rapid increase in demand for CS enrollment is beginning to outpace available resources at many public institutions across the country,\u0026rdquo; said Executive Associate Dean for the College of Computing \u003Cstrong\u003ECharles Isbell\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIsbell is a member of the National Academies\u0026rsquo; Committee on the Growth of Computer Science Undergraduate Enrollments, which authored the report released on October 26.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Isbell, the report examines the pros and cons of a number of strategies that have been implemented or that are being considered. One such option is limiting enrollment in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/degree-programs\u0022\u003ECS programs and courses\u003C\/a\u003E. However, echoing the report Isbell said institutions should carefully consider the consequences before doing so.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Limiting enrollments may discourage some underrepresented students from participating, and ultimately might force some to abandon the pursuit of their true passion,\u0026rdquo; said Isbell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of the other strategies that the report considers are the use technology for teaching, adding faculty and academic resources, and even creating new colleges of computer science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Every approach has benefits and costs, and leaders will need to select strategies and make trade-offs that are appropriate to their institution\u0026rsquo;s mission and values,\u0026rdquo; said committee co-chair \u003Cstrong\u003EJared Cohon\u003C\/strong\u003E, President Emeritus and University Professor of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We hope our report will be useful as leaders plan for the future role of computer science at institutions of higher learning.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/login.php?record_id=24926\u0026amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nap.edu%2Fdownload%2F24926\u0022\u003Efull report is available for download\u003C\/a\u003E on the website for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GT Computing\u0027s Isbell part of committee that authored report issued by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2017-11-02 20:37:35","changed_gmt":"2017-11-06 20:36:19","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"135111":{"id":"135111","type":"image","title":"Diversity Roundtable: Charles Isbell Jr.","body":null,"created":"1449178671","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:51","changed":"1475894763","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:03","alt":"Diversity Roundtable: Charles Isbell Jr.","file":{"fid":"194782","name":"isbell.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/isbell_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/isbell_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3019996,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/isbell_0.jpg?itok=39cFxdni"}}},"media_ids":["135111"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu?subject=Report%20on%20Growing%20CS%20Enrollments\u0022\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}