Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...

The University of California at Davis (UC Davis) announced this week it has developed a full K-12 computer science curriculum that responds to the President’s “Computer Science For All” initiative.

In the interconnected world of big data, it’s no secret the field of computer science is booming. At Northwestern, the number of computer science majors has grown more than 600 percent since 2011, ...

In just two days, Code.org's short film encouraging kids to learn computer programming, has surpassed 5 million YouTube views, and garnered mass interest and participation. Our team tests, rates, and ...

A St. Louis-based tech nonprofit is training inmates in computer programming while they're still incarcerated to give them a shot at landing jobs in the tech industry and avoid returning to prison.

Faced with career and personal upheaval, many people chose to pursue upskilling opportunities through higher education in this popular career field, which has a positive long-term outlook. But ...

Forget the big talk about computer programming jobs. Leave off the tales of talent-starved tech industries, juicy salaries and perks. For 16-year-old Ruskin High School students Dennis Baleta and ...