Hello EDU-SIG, CS enrollments seem to be dropping drastically everywhere. Many factors probably are at fault (dot-com bust, off-shoring hype), but there seem to be others. One in particular is that so few HS graduates seem ready analytically to join in. This is a problem to discuss elsewhere, I suppose, but I was wondering if you could point me to info (such as cp4e - I've only heard the name) that can be considered to help the cause. I'd like to know how to better recruit from the secondary schools, and also how to influence them to better prepare students. I know Kirby is deep into this. I'd like to know what I can do as a college professor. The demand for CS expertise isn't going away, and the jobs are starting to come back now, but with fewer locals to fill them, off-shoring will only increase. I'd like to see our citizens consider CS as viable as business or law. I mean, someone has to do the "real work" :-).
Honestly, I can't imagine a field that better combines both sides of the brain with a service ethic and a dimension of fun than CS. But it looks like so much nerd-ness or drivel to the uninitiated. Any ideas would be appreciated. -- Best regards, Chuck _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
