June 24, 2005

The Decline and Fall of Computer Science

To the Editor:

As the executive director of the Computer Science Teachers Association, I watch the pipeline discussions with great interest but tend to take a slightly different view of the enrollment decreases ("Student Interest in Computer Science Plummets," The Chronicle, May 27). I think they are exceedingly worrisome, but I think that the problems begin long before students enter college. Because students tend to make choices about their educational pathways while they are still

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