This study provides the first causal analysis of the impact of expanding Computer Science (CS) education in U.S. K-12 schools on students' choice of college major and early career outcomes. Utilizing rich longitudinal data from Maryland, we exploit variation from the staggered rollout of CS...

Innerhalb der NORDAKADEMIE-Vorlesung "Programmierung 1" erhalten die Teilnehmenr eine Grundausbildung in der Programmierung mithilfe der Programmiersprache Smalltalk. Diese Vorlesung soll nun um kooperative Elemente, die online über die Lernplattform moodle vermittelt werden, erweitert werden....

The paper presents evidence of serious skill shortages in the information technology (IT) sector and in ITrelated occupations in France, Germany, Singapore the UK and the US. The extent to which higher education (HE) has responded to the increased demand for skills by providing an increasing...