Computer science used to be a golden ticket to a lucrative career. Now graduates can’t get a job

Towards the end of last year, Rashik Parmar began getting calls from anxious students who had just graduated with degrees in ...
The New York Times

College Students Flock to a New Major: A.I.

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.
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OpenAI chairman says students should still get computer science degrees — even if they won't be typing code

Good news, computer science majors. One of the biggest names in AI thinks your degree is still valuable. Bret Taylor serves as chairman of OpenAI, the AI giant that recently rolled out its own AI ...
MPR News

Amid AI boom, U of M computer science majors shift focus

A photo taken on Sept. 1, 2025 shows the letters AI for Artificial Intelligence on a laptop screen (R) next to the logo of the ChatGPT application on a smartphone screen in Frankfurt am Main, western ...
Newsweek

A Popular College Major Has One of The Highest Unemployment Rates

Despite routinely ranking as one of the most popular majors for college students and recent graduates, computer science has one of the highest unemployment rates across all areas of study. Computer ...
Futurism

“Learn to Code” Backfires Spectacularly as Comp-Sci Majors Suddenly Have Sky-High Unemployment

It looks like the “learn to code” push is backfiring spectacularly for those who bought in. While folks who majored in fields like anthropology and physics fared even worse, with unemployment rates of ...
The New York Times

You’re a Computer Science Major. Don’t Panic.

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...