University computer science (CS) courses serve as important bridges into further CS study and careers in STEM. Yet many women and underrepresented students with interests in STEM turn away from these ...

More states are requiring students to take a foundational computer science class to graduate—employing a powerful policy lever to bridge long-standing gender, racial, and socioeconomic gaps in course ...

Imagine you’re a ninth grader navigating a world where generative AI, agentic AI and other emerging technologies dominate the headlines. The future feels uncertain, so how do you even begin to decide ...

Research experience is an integral part of advanced undergraduate education, especially for students planning to enter graduate school. Over the summer, a cohort of Northwestern Computer Science ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. In spite of statewide initiatives to ...

Men dominate computer science jobs. But the gender gap starts opening up long before students enter the workforce. Solving the problem is a two-part equation: first, schools must offer computer ...