Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

The percentage of failing grades in multiple UC Berkeley computer science classes in spring 2026 is significantly higher than past semesters and marks a departure from the department’s grading ...

REXBURG, IDAHO, a college town of 40,000 near Yellowstone National Park, is an unlikely place for a computer-science boom. Home to Brigham Young University-Idaho, a sister institution to the flagship ...

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

When Audrey Hasson started her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University in 2022, ChatGPT was still locked inside a lab. As she graduated this month, Hasson and her peers are casting off into a ...

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Derek Do, a third year computer science major, outside the Gates-Dell Complex at the University of Texas at Austin on April 15, 2026. Anxiety is in the air at computer science programs on university ...

For years, computer science was treated like a golden ticket — a degree that could all but guarantee a stable, high-paying job after graduation. But as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the tech ...

Read other stories from the "These stories were not AI-generated" special edition here. As artificial intelligence reshapes industries at a rapid pace, computer science students are entering a more ...

Shira is eager to hear from college students and their families about how you’re feeling about the job market. Drop her a line at shira.ovide@washpost.com. A lot of students took the advice to learn ...