I still think that if businesses inform schools that they need help in a particular area, the schools will respond by adjusting their curriculum. Maybe the real issue is that we in the large scale community have to put pressure on the trade magazines to stop writing about how the mainframe is 'dead'. That type of article is part of the force that is turning younger people away from the mainframe. They don't see any future.
Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Imbriale, Don Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Redbook: "Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics" Schools are like businesses - they will offer products and services that their customers want. The customers in this case are students, not necessarily businesses. Students need to be aware that jobs are available which require the requisite skills and then these students need to pressure the educational institutions to offer the courses that will provide those skills. Businesses can indirectly influence the schools by assuring them that they, the businesses, will provide x number of tuition-paying students. Only when it is economically advantageous for schools to offer mainframe courses will they. On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:21:28 -0400, Veilleux, Jon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If the business community would make it clear to the educational >community that there are jobs to be had in this area, then there is a >good chance that they will include a mainframe focus in their curricula. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------- This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
