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@Article{Prather:1992:CSU,
  author =       "Ronald E. Prather",
  title =        "Computer science in an undergraduate liberal arts and
                 sciences setting",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "24",
  number =       "2",
  pages =        "59--64",
  month =        jun,
  year =         "1992",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/130962.130972",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sat Nov 17 18:57:19 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1990.bib",
  abstract =     "In this article, we intend to establish a collegial
                 meeting ground among faculty and administrators for a
                 broad discussion of the role of computer science in an
                 undergraduate liberal arts and sciences university. And
                 both groups are in mind as the potential audience. As
                 our title suggests, we are specifically excluding from
                 consideration those schools having significant graduate
                 degree programs, though some of our observations may be
                 appropriate there as well. And we are thinking
                 primarily of the high-quality liberal arts and sciences
                 institutions, or at least of those who aspire to be so
                 designated, where a primary emphasis is placed on
                 preparing students for graduate work at the major
                 universities. In this restricted setting, questions
                 arise for administrators that transcend the narrow
                 parochial characterizations of the field of computer
                 science, those framed by its practitioners and
                 generally recognized authorities (usually found at the
                 larger research universities). How well does computer
                 science fit with the classical liberal arts and
                 sciences tradition, and with the ``mission'' as a
                 whole? Do we already have enough ``computer expertise''
                 around the campus, without initiating or maintaining a
                 separate department? Can we afford it? Is it time to
                 dismantle it or merge it with another department?
                 Otherwise, is it in need of serious revision? One may
                 judge from this line of questioning that we intend to
                 give an equal consideration to those computer science
                 programs that are ``starting up'' and those that are
                 thinking about ``starting over.''",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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