Subject: FAMU Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:44:14 -0500 Resent-From: Geoffrey Fox Resent-To: p_gcf@npac.syr.edu Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:56:04 -0500 From: "Dr. Sara Stoecklin" To: ROBERT C LACHER , distant Some bullets Florida represents one of the fastest growing states with some of the largest industries in computing especially in computing cottage industries. NSF in Science Resources Studies reports a needs for computing professions is growing at an alarming rate. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics depicts an increase in need for computing professionals of 100 percent during the last ten years. The National Science Foundation reporet on Growth of Science/Engineering Jobs supports these statistics. The National Center for Education Statistics and The Commission on Professionals in Science and Technlogy estimate that the graduation rate of computing professionals to be inadequate to meet the growing need. To meet the growing need for computing professionals, many industries develop 1 and 2 year training programs to train non-computing professionals into the field of computing. GTE has developed an 18 month training program with an estimated cost of 40,000. Additionally the Commission on Professionals and Scientists reflects a serious deficiency in the number of minority computing professionals. ATTACHED A SYNOPSIS WITH graphics of this problem Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, founded in 1887, is an Historically Black College or University (HBCU) land-grant insitution in the state of Florida. FAMU educates approximately 12,000 minority students each year. The Computer and Information Science department has a 94% minority population of approximately 600 undergraduates and 25 graduate students. The department is currently offering two web based courses serving approximately 100 students per year. During the establishment of these courses, various mediums,- methods and instructional architetures were evaluated. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: nationalneed.doc nationalneed.doc Type: Winword File (application/msword) Encoding: base64