I think you hit the nail on the head here Steve. I volunteer to help with Universities in Arizona for the IBM Academic Initiative. 2 of the 3 Universities have been approached in Arizona and the heads of the CS departments have stopped IBM in their tracks saying mainframes are not a technology that they see any future for and scoff at the idea of adding some curriculum to support them. These schools have been offered many incentives, but the bottom line is they don't want it. They don't understand the role mainframes play. On an upbeat note, one professor in the 3rd school has just introduced mainframes as part of his OS class and will be attempting to get an upper class z/OS introduction class into their curriculum. IBM Academic Initiative is working with companies to try to bring them to the Universities to speak to the CS departments to convince them of the need for these skills. They are tired of hiring senior level programmers to do entry level jobs. IBM is actively soliciting Universities to try to introduce more curriculum. So hopefully its moving in the right direction. Unfortunately, its an uphill climb at this point.
If the interest is there to participate in convincing these Universities by anyone, I can most likely get you in contact with IBM Academic Initiative personel that are the reps in your area. Justin Eastman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
