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Recent studies show a 60% drop in the number of freshman declaring computer science as a major. With out-sourcing of technology jobs and a lack of diversity as major issues confronting the field, Tech Tuesday looks at how colleges teach Computer Science and its vitality today.
Stuart Zweben, Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Ohio State University
Joanne McGrath Cohoon, Sociologist and professor of Science, Technology, and Society, University of Virginia
Has the so-called "War against Terror" unraveled into an all-out clash between Western and Islamic civilizations? It seems so, says the Wall Street Journal's roving foreign journalist Yarolslav Trofimov, at least from a Muslim point of view. Fluent in Arabic, Trofimov spent the past three years traveling in the Middle East and Central Asia, trying to figure out why. He shares his observations with Kojo.
Yaroslav Trofimov, Roving Foreign Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal; also author Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu (Pub: Henry Holt)
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