Author Archives: starrc@cs.cofc.edu

I Have a Great Idea!

Dear professor: I have a great idea for a book. It will be a best seller and I cannot stop thinking about it! I’m writing to you because I think it would be a great project for one of your … Continue reading

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Why the College of Charleston will Prosper

Why the College of Charleston will prosper and large universities are on a different path… The core values of Computer Science at the College of Charleston have always been about engagement, coaching and personalization of student learning. We value: Undergraduate … Continue reading

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College of Charleston welcomes University Florida computer science students

While the University of Florida decides to move away from computer science, South Carolina welcomes talented computer science students, alumni and faculty. The College of Charleston’s Computer Science Department is alive and thriving thanks to new investments in computer science … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs: Computer Science is a Liberal Art

Computer science has been informed by the liberal arts. Now it is time for the liberal arts to include computer science for all who seek a liberal education. Like language, science, history, philosophy, and math, computer science embodies a set … Continue reading

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Analytics is a Sexy Major (When hell freezes over)

Analytics may soon be able to reveal in the enrollment data that the freeze has started. The movie Moneyballs (Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill) may do for analytics programs what The Social Network did for computer science – … Continue reading

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How to Keep the (traditionally) Educated Population Ignorant

When is it right to include computational thinking into a general education program in higher education? When we all fully understand it? No. When we can most afford it? No. When it does not cause academic turf warfare? Not really. … Continue reading

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Password Aging at the College of Charleston

When LDAP came along, I just knew life for users of IT on the College of Charleston campus would be so much better. Before LDAP we all had to keep up with multiple logins and multiple passwords, one for each … Continue reading

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When the educated do not compute

What happens when students graduate from the College of Charleston (and many other universities in the US) unprepared to engage in a world that is changing faster than they have learned to adapt? They remain blissfully unaware. Fully incognizant of … Continue reading

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Programming if Phun

CSTA published an article by David Whitus in Voice 6:2 about programming in middle school. Scratch is too elementary for middle school… Essentially, long live Phrogram, but its $45/per and only on Windows under .NET. Any experience? I think I’ll … Continue reading

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Of Two Minds

Majoring in computer science is associated with a high-paying and rewarding career paths after college, and also with the left (analytical) brain. But to land the most competitive positions, you need to have the right-brain skills too, including creativity, innovation … Continue reading

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