Data Overload
Computer science (CS) at UC Santa Cruz is drawing more students than it has classroom space to accommodate, leading the Jack Baskin School of Engineering to move toward formally declaring CS an impacted major. This will make the major more competitive and limit the amount…
Hack UCSC 2017
Over 300 students participated in this year’s UCSC hackathon from Jan. 20-22. Almost 100 different projects were submitted to be judged by professionals in the technology industry. The two largest categories were Tech Cares, which aimed to apply technology to help people, and Innovation, which…
The Disintegration of Liberal Arts
A young Catherine Jones first became interested in history when she came across a dirt-filled swimming pool in her small southern town. “To an eight-year-old on a hot summer day in southwestern Virginia, that seemed like a travesty,” Jones said in an email. “When I…
Programming Opportunities for Women
It’s surprising that 68 percent of women and 63 percent of men enroll in college, yet women still only make up a quarter of the workforce in technology,” said UC Santa Cruz computer science professor and Baskin School of Engineering associate dean for undergraduate affairs…
Obama’s Proposal Aims to Close Education Gaps
The first steps a preschool student takes into a classroom can be the beginning of a fulfilling educational career. A recent report surveying 97,000 schools by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights shows this is not the case for all students due to racial and economic discrimination.