Volume 2
Volume 2, Number 9 |
February 5, 2004 |
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Yeong-Tae Song
Goran Trajkovski
Sungchul Hong
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Abstract: Nothing is more important in the IT world than having the right skill sets in the right time. Recent advances in e-Commerce technologies draw a lot of attention from both industry and academia. The former is looking for the people with the skill set that can be applicable immediately and the latter is trying to meet those needs. However, the rapid changes in e-Commerce technologies and the inertia in academia to reflect these changes curriculum-wide, make the industry’s need hard to be met. Industry is always concerned in keeping up with new technologies for the fear of getting left behind. On the other hand, the programs offered in academic institutions seem to always be behind. In this paper, we compare current e-Commerce technologies with the existing e-Commerce graduate programs in the US, thus factually identifying the apparent gap between academia and industry. With our suggested e-Commerce graduate program, we propose a solution that attempts to bridge this gap.
Keywords: e-Commerce curriculum, e-Commerce graduate programs, e-Business application software
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Recommended Citation: Song, Trajkovski, and Hong (2004). Bridging the Technological Gap between Academia and Industry:Towards a Successful e-Commerce Graduate Program. Information Systems Education Journal, 2 (9). http://isedj.org/2/9/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2003: §2433. ISSN: 1542-7382.)