Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

I wondered for quite a long time: does only knowing the basics of computer science help to become a better developer? And could it bring value to a developer? If you ask yourself these questions as ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

Technology shapes how we work, play, connect, and discover. At Northwestern, we don’t just keep up—we push the boundaries of what’s possible. As a hub for bold, interdisciplinary research, we connect ...

Last year, 18 percent of Stanford University seniors graduated with a degree in computer science, more than double the proportion of just a decade earlier. Over the same period at MIT, that rate went ...

How can you take a holistic look at computing, from the top down? Computer science is the answer. As the trend toward globalization connects people in every part of the world, digital networks and ...

President Obama wants computer science taught as often as reading, writing and arithmetic in American schools. “In the new economy, computer science isn’t an optional skill — it’s a basic skill, right ...

CU alumni Terry Hogan and Lucy Sanders are leading the National Center for Women and Information Technology. For as long as she can remember, Terry Hogan (CompSci’94) has advocated for women achieving ...