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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 48 , Issue 9 (September 2005) table of contents
Special issue: RFID

COLUMN: President's letter table of contents

Pages: 25 - 28

Year of Publication: 2005

ISSN:0001-0782

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David A. Patterson

ACM and University of California at Berkeley

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Inaccurate impressions of the opportunities of 21st century CS are shrinking the next generation of IT professionals. You can help by dispelling incorrect beliefs about employment and by helping improve pre-college education.

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Vegso, J. Interest in CS as a major drops among incoming freshmen. Computing Research News 17, 3 (May 2005); www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may05/vegso.

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