At colleges, the AI boom means everyone wants to dabble in computer science
News Source : Yahoo Entertainment
News Summary
- Professors are teaching students from a range of majors about artificial intelligence.
- Schools like VCU are standing up AI minors targeting students outside computer science.
- "We have to democratize it," said Peter Stone, the chair of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Nationwide, enrollment in computer and information sciences continued falling this spring, down more than 8% at four-year institutions from the spring of 2025, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
With no background in coding, Faith Maeba, a psychology major, was reluctant when her mother first suggested she enroll in classes on artificial intelligence.
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