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Code Is Now Cheap. Understanding Is Not.

In April, the Washington Post asked whether AI is to blame for the disappearance of computer science majors. The numbers behind the question are stark: enrollment in computer and information science programs fell 8.1 percent in the 2025–2026 school year — the steepest decline of any field of study, according to National Student Clearinghouse data — the biggest drop for any major in six years. Students and their parents have looked at coding agents that write working software from a paragraph of English and drawn the obvious conclusion: why spend four years learning something a model does in four minutes?

July 18, 2026