IT programs and CS departments (panel session)
Dorothy Deremer, Chris McDonald, Loren Rhodes, R.L. Thomas, A. Joe Turner, Curt White, Elliot B. Koffman · 2000
Computer Science departments are experiencing increases in enrollments that rival the expansion in the early '80s. At the same time, many of these students do not seem interested in or equipped to handle the rigor of a traditional computer science program. They are coming into computer science with expectations about computer science education that are significantly different from what they are finding on campus. Instead of courses on data structures and algorithms, automata, and operating systems, they want to learn Visual BASIC, linux, and obtain Microsoft certification.