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Yale Stepping Up Computer Science After Students Demand Better Tech Training

Students line up for commencement on campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. on May 20, 2013. — Students line up for commencement on campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. on May 20, 2013.
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John Lauerman

March 26, 2015, 4:00 PM UTCUpdated onMarch 26, 2015, 6:13 PM UTC

Yale University said it will expand its computer science department after years of student and faculty complaints that the Ivy League school had fallen behind rivals.

Yale will add seven professors over the next few years, bringing the size of the department to 26, the school said. Two anonymous donors will partly fund the new positions.