Study: No Shortage of U.S. Engineers

Re:Study: No Shortage of U.S. Engineers by Locke1689 on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @06:26AM (#907527)

Stephenson says the number of computer science courses taught at the high school level has dropped for the past six years, especially at advanced levels. In 2005, 40% of U.S. high schools offered Advanced Placement courses in computer science; that number sank to 32% in 2007 and to 27% in 2009. "It's clear that the number of students taking computer science is dropping," she says.

Heads of other professional organizations also criticized the study for its lack of specificity among industries. The argument is that some STEM students and graduates may be worth cultivating more than others. The report's authors said it would have been too difficult and costly to perform a longitudinal data analysis by individual industry.

There's your problem. Anecdotal evidence here: they're all medicine. Everyone under the frickin sun wants to be a doctor.

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Re:Study: No Shortage of U.S. Engineers by alexgartrell on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @10:57AM (#907896)

There's a huuuge cultural bias against computer science here, which is killing it. Downstream, this results in very few girls, athletes, etc. having an interest. They pursue medicine, business and traditional engineering instead.

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