[Edu-sig] Low Enrollments

[Chuck Allison]

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.

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Best regards,
 Chuck