To Bernard: Hahaha! I'm not sure I actually behave as maturely as I blog. I may talk a better game than I play. :)
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One of the biggest problems confronting the department is the waning interest in ICTs. There are fewer and fewer incoming students who want to take CS or MIS. This is ironic because skilled ICT workers are in demand here and abroad. Careers provide both geographic and upward mobility. But there are fewer and fewer takers each year.
I really think the industry has to take a more active hand in undergraduate recruitment. They have to start evangelizing at the high school level to encourage students to choose IT careers. From my experience, all the recruitment that happens is at the graduating senior level--to get these grads into their companies. By then, it's far too late to address the population problem. Industry has to think much longer-term.