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Curriculum 1984: Meeting the needs of the information age

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  • Frances L. Grant
  • Robert G. Main

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Academic curricula seem always to lag behind societal needs, especially in technological areas. To compensate for this lag, an interdisciplinary curriculum, called “Information Systems,” was designed at California State University, Chico, to merge the traditional communication arts with computer, library, and management services. A national survey was conducted to validate the curriculum. Samples were drawn from two populations. One represented the business world and consisted of professionals in information systems. The second represented academia and consisted of chairpersons in computer science and information systems. There were 86 responses received. Overall, the findings supported the information systems curriculum, with an average value of 3.6 on a five point scale. Only nine of the 51 courses listed were not validated at the 3.0 level. Only one business respondent indicated that he would not hire a graduate. (There were 42 respondents who provided starting salary information, with a median range of $20,000–25,000, and 17 respondents from higher education provided information comparing the curriculum with related programs in their own universities or colleges. The study is relevant to the improvement of curricula for educating information professionals. © 1986 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Frances L. Grant & Robert G. Main, 1986. "Curriculum 1984: Meeting the needs of the information age," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 37(1), pages 12-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:37:y:1986:i:1:p:12-19
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(198601)37:13.0.CO;2-H
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