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Colleges raced to build massive computer-science departments. Now the boom is turning to bust.

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Monday, October 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM · 1 min read

Colleges raced to build massive computer-science departments. Now the boom is turning to bust. — MarketWatch, Singapore Business news — Image: MarketWatch

“Computer science isn’t the ticket to the American dream like people thought it was.”

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