The wire · traced · first seen Oct 29, 09:32 UTC
Clearinghouse: US computer science enrollment is declining
US computer science enrollment fell this fall for undergraduate and graduate students.
What we checked
Every claim below was walked down the source ladder. The rung is how close the source is to the thing itself; the tense is the source's own.
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announced L2 · reported
US computer science enrollment fell 12%+ for undergraduates this fall.
per Techmeme (L2) -
announced L2 · reported
US computer science enrollment fell 10%+ for graduate students this fall.
per Techmeme (L2)
Not confirmed
The figures do not establish that AI-related changes in coding jobs caused the enrollment declines.
Who should wait
College leaders considering program changes based on a presumed AI-related cause should wait for evidence of why enrollment fell.