This isn't scientific computation, but it's very interesting and related. Some slides from a recent presentation about skyrocketing demand for CS classes and degrees in US universities. The data seems to be from elite private and public universities.
http://lazowska.cs.washington.edu/NCWIT.pdf There's heavy demand not just from undergraduates wanting to major in CS, but also undergraduates from other departments, and even grad students from other departments. The part relevant to Software Carpentry is whether the CS faculty should teach students from other departments or whether those departments should be teaching their own students. Some interesting ideas suggested in the slides: - CS departments might consider becoming their own school or college instead of being a department. UMass Amherst just put CS in its own college this past year. - there should be more graduate programs focused on CS education
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