Ask just about any computer science teacher, and he or she will recite the same facts: We aren't pulling enough students into computer science; girls and minorities are woefully underrepresented; and ...

Does the world need a new beginner’s programming language? In the 1960s, BASIC, FORTRAN, LISP and ALGOL were the primary introductory programming languages. In the 1970s and 1980s, Pascal, C, ...

The developers of Alice have introduced a new version of their free drag-and-drop development tool as well as an online tutorial to help young students learn how to perform object-oriented programming ...

Sun Microsystems is teaming with Carnegie Mellon to support the continuing development of Alice, the university's innovative, Java technology-based computer programming environment that teaches ...

Software giant Electronic arts has pledged its support for the continued improvements to Carnegie Mellon University's Alice programming software, which is used to teach US students the basics of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Teams and individuals from several Alabama high schools received awards at the recent 2007 University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) High School Programming Contest and Alice Film ...