This appeared yesterday: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205601557
----------------------------------- ... Americans don't appear to be rushing to gain the IT-related skills that organizations are looking for. The National Center for Education finds that only 13% of graduate degrees awarded in the United States are science degrees. Undergraduate enrollments in computer science between 2001 and 2006 dropped 40%. Educators in K-12 school systems have reported declines in math and science competence in their graduates. Close to a third of all teenagers drop out before they graduate from high school. Public school teachers and counselors are unable to communicate the opportunities available in IT. Parents aren't encouraging children to get into the IT field because of the dot-com failures and inaccurate media reports about all IT-related jobs going to India. Children are left disinclined to pursue an IT career. Nearly 70% of middle school teachers lack education and certification in mathematics, let alone computer and business skills, the National Center for Education finds. Some suggest that organizations should leverage the talent of foreign students being educated in the United States. However, that pipeline's getting weaker, too. In 2007, American colleges and universities received 27% fewer graduate applications from international students than in 2003. F-1 visas issued to international students fell 10% between 2001 and 2005. All of these factors are contributing to a famine in IT-related skills in the U.S. marketplace. ... ----------------------------------- Michael Stack Product Developer NEON Enterprise Software, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
