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how to dodge responsibility, comp sci edition
# tech

how to dodge responsibility, comp sci edition

Computer scientist Nick Barnes shows us pretty much everything wrong with colleges' attitudes towards their students and curricula by example...

how academia unplugs from the outside world
# education

how academia unplugs from the outside world

The ivory tower phenomenon is real, and it's brutal on scientists and their research.

academics to wall street: hands off our grads!
# science

academics to wall street: hands off our grads!

Academics and STEM industries are worried that financial firms are making offers the graduates they need can't refuse with serious repercussions for the rest of society.

merging computer science and academia
# tech

merging computer science and academia

Are computer scientists, ordinarily classified as engineers, in such high demand in traditional scientific fields that we'd want to reclassify them?