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ISEDJ 3(46)
Volume 3, Number 45 | August 12, 2005 |
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Antonio M. Lopez, Jr.
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Abstract: Since the collapse of the "dot com" boom, there has been significant media attention given to outsourcing and the migration of information technology jobs offshore. Unfortunately, the story headlines and news sound bites have, for the most part, been less than precise. Some believe that this is contributing to the enrollment drops in the computing disciplines. This paper seeks to put overused terms such as outsourcing and offshore into proper perspective with respect to computing disciplines. It is intended to help faculty guide prospective U. S. college students to the realization that a degree in a computing discipline is very advantageous in many different career fields.
Keywords: outsourcing, offshore, computing discipline, career fields
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Recommended Citation: Lopez (2005). Outsourcing? Offshore? Students Need to Know. Information Systems Education Journal, 3 (45). http://isedj.org/3/45/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (Also appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2004: §3453. ISSN: 1542-7382.)
Published by EDSIG, the Education Special Interest Group
of AITP, the Association of Information Technology Professionals
(Chicago, Illinois).