An anonymous reader writes "The number of undergraduate computer science degrees awarded last year hit a new low with the Class of 2007. The degrees awarded, 8,000, as tracked by the Computing Research Association, is only half of what it was five years ago. In 2003-04 — the high point of this decade — 14,185 students were awarded bachelors degrees in computer science from the 170 PhD granting universities tracked by the CRA. Does this mean more H-1B workers are needed in the U.S.?" Link to Original Source
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Does this mean more H-1B workers are needed in the U.S.?
No, means that all the unqualified who put up with CS for the money are trying some other field now. If more workers were needed, we should see salary increases and *higher* enrollment of money-seekers.
No. (Score:2)