More and more CS students are interested in AI – and there aren't enough lecturers
, showed that between 2011 and 2020, the number of students enrolled in computer-science programs in America tripled from 60,661 to 182,262. But the number of faculty in computer-science departments increased under 1.5X from 4,363 to 6,230. The aggregate student-to-faculty ratio across the surveyed departments doubled up from 14-to-1 to 29-to-1.
Over the last decade, the increase in computer science enrollments has far outpaced the growth in computer science faculty, who are responsible for much of the AI instruction at US universities. "Teaching capacity gaps limit the amount of talent flowing into the US AI workforce, which in turn negatively impacts economic and national security," they wrote."Research has shown innovation is partly a function of the absolute number of researchers in a particular field and the act of generating new ideas is becoming more labor intensive. Less talent therefore means less innovation.
"We found little evidence to suggest the outflow of AI faculty from academia to industry has increased in recent years, and, though a larger share of new PhD graduates is indeed taking jobs in industry, survey data does not indicate that they are disinterested in academic careers. However, we did find evidence that suggests universities have not increased the number of computer science faculty positions in line with the growing demand for AI-related education," the report said.
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