Volume 7
Volume 7, Number 7 |
March 17, 2009 |
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Jack Russell
Barbara Russell
Lissa F. Pollacia
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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to research college and university curricula for minor fields of study in Computer Information Systems. With declining enrollments in CIS Baccalaureate degree programs of study many computer-related departments are looking for alternate sources of students to maintain a positive, reasonable student-teacher ratio in the classroom. A previous article by two of the authors Pollacia, Russell 2007(Pollacia, Russell 2007) addresses the decline in CIS enrollment and explores the reasons for the decline. In the previous study, an analysis of the perceptions students have regarding the IS profession versus the reality of the profession was discussed. The authors propose that universities must do a better job not only recruiting for CIS majors, but also improve their ability to recruit in place, meaning, to recruit on-campus by providing new and innovative minor fields of study. In architecting a viable minor in a computer-related area the authors are interested in knowing what the minor fields of study are called and whether they are Traditional, Composite or Multi-disciplinary. Furthermore, what courses are universities and colleges offering within each Minor Title (CIS, Information Technology and Information Systems) and Minor Category (Traditional, Composite or Multi-disciplinary)? The goal in this study is to further analyze the sample data to determine the frequency of particular minors in CIS, Information Technology and Information Systems. The authors want to discover if specific minors by Minor Title (CIS, Information Technology or Information Systems) are more predominant than others and if a Minor Category (Traditional, Composite or Multi-disciplinary) is more prevalent than the others. ...
Keywords: minors, CIS minors, Information Technology minors, Information Systems minors, Traditional minors, Multi-disciplinary minors, Composite minors, declining enrollments, top careers, CIS recruitment
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Recommended Citation: Russell, Russell, and Pollacia (2009). Reversing the Decline of CIS Enrollment in Colleges and Universities by Creating Viable and Attractive Minors in CIS: A Statistical Study of CIS Minors at US Colleges and Universities. Information Systems Education Journal, 7 (7). http://isedj.org/7/7/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2007: §3315. ISSN: 1542-7382.)