I have addressed this interest in the Pacific Northwest by contacting the local community college. I have even been in contact with IBM about this and have tried to start a dialog between the community college and IBM.
The problem is money. This community college in particular, and I presume colleges and universities in general, are driven by demand. They are not getting any requests for classes like these. In fact, there has been a recent in drop in all computer related courses because of the recent industry slump. In my opinion, the solution to this problem is to advertise the benefits of mainframe training in the media: TV, print, internet, so on. I don't know who would do this - IBM is an obvious candidate - but without some one creating the demand, I don't think this will ever be a reality. Alan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Redbook: "Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics" In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/28/2006 at 09:51 AM, "Veilleux, Jon L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Also they are looking for people willing to broach the subject of >mainframe education with their local educational institutions. Well, I'd certainly be willing to teach mainframe classes for, e.g., George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, but I have no idea whom to contact or how to get them interested in such a program. I'm almost positive[1] that I'm not the only experienced SP in the area that would be willing to teach such classes. [1] I suspect that I could come up with names of specific people who would be interested, some on this very list, although some might be more interested in teaching at, e.g., Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, due to geography. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
