Have young students lost their interests in computer science in the recent years while Information Technology field is still growing amazingly rapid and broader? Many colleges have been experiencing decreased enrollment of students in computer science major recently. There are people saying that recent job market for computer science, computer engineering, and related majors are tough and terrible. However, among many things have happened already which also have affected IT field and job market more or less, some of the new cool technologies, for example, are very hopeful in bringing computer science back in the game. According to the article "College enrollment in computer science , engineering on the rise", There is a jump in enrollment of undergraduate computer science major for the first time since the 1990s' dot-com boom, and Peter Harsha from Computing Research Association said "[t]he perception that IT jobs are hard to come by is over, and the field is now considered an interesting place to be".
There is a mix of several possible factors that resulted in the reflection of the computer science students' enrollment springing back up. One of them is the newest technology, as it is greatly affecting the trend among younger generation students, and these include facebook, iPhone, and etc. Also, computer science departments of many colleges are trying to do better. One example is shown in the article "'Chic Geek': Computer Science Major Rebounds" as that "[t]he Georgia Institute of Technology has revised its computer science curriculum to move away from a traditional hardware-software approach to much more emphasis on the creative process and the roles computer science majors go on to assume in their careers", as well as advertising the major's benefit of being able to work across the world in different places with the ability of critical thinking.
The major of computer science is very promising in the present and future. The world runs with technology nowadays more or less, and the majority of the study fields also uses technology to improve the efficiency in the study. Computer science in in the middle of all technology to make sure all the users are getting benefit of technology, and increased enrollment in this major in colleges would be very optimistic if colleges try to widen the field or study of computer science.
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