
Stanford economist Jacob Light links computer science enrollment reversal to AI era
2025-26 marked the first roughly two-decade dip in CS enrollment, and Light says the data is descriptive, not causal.
By Abdullah Al-Otaibi·· 4 min

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2025-26 marked the first roughly two-decade dip in CS enrollment, and Light says the data is descriptive, not causal.

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