Crossroads for Canadian CS enrollment

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 66-70

  Slonim, Jacob ^a   Scully, Sam ^a   McAllister, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

ADMISSION POLICIES; EDUCATION SECTORS; EDUCATION SYSTEMS; HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA;

TEACHING;

EID: 53349116475     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1400181.1400199     Document Type: Article

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