Dan Garcia

More than 35% of University of California, Berkeley students failed an entry-level computer science course this spring, a sharp increase from the typical 7% failure rate. Professors attributed the spi…

Failing grades in multiple UC Berkeley computer science classes surged in spring 2026, with 35.3% of CS 10 students and 10.6% of CS 61A students receiving F’s, far exceeding the department’s guideline…