Computer science majors going down? Say it isn’t so. Where are all the computer science majors going? Are they skipping college and going straight to companies? Getting on the job experience and training?

The Herald Sun reports that IBM and university officals are worried about the increasing demand for IT professionals and the decreasing supply of computer science students.

Could it also be the mounting tuition costs? It’s not inexpensive going to college these days, especially without a grant or scholarship of some sort. Some of the ./ commenters are saying that it’s because the wages are not commiserate with the education, so students are being driven to more lucrative professions.

Also, unrelated but I’ve noticed that Slashdot recently moved their Google Adsense code into a more prominent location (we’re they even using Adsense before?) which is just below the story summary and above the comments. Definitely a better location. It doesn’t show these Google ads all the time though, so it must be in a rotator of some sort. Hmm.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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