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Re:Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights... by tantalor on Thursday January 21, 2016 @04:43PM (#10948634)
Two reasons,

1. CMU is the top CS school nationally; the basic quality of the education makes up for the lack of previous experience

2. CMU crafted a program specifically for students without previous experience to counter this effect; most schools do not

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Re:Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights... by lallysingh on Thursday January 21, 2016 @04:56PM (#10948736)
Perhaps CMU's specializations could be applied to Howard?
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