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Gaps between industry expectations and the abilities of graduates

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Alex Radermacher,

Gursimran WaliaAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '13: Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 525 - 530

https://doi.org/10.1145/2445196.2445351

Published: 06 March 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Although computer science, information systems, and information technology educators often do an exemplary job of preparing their students for jobs in industry or for further education, there are still many areas where these students do not possess the necessary skills or knowledge based on the expectations of employers or academia. These gaps between the abilities of graduating students and those expected to have can prevent them from succeeding in their careers. This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review conducted to determine which areas graduating students most frequently fall short of the expectations of industry or macademia. The results of this review indicate that graduating students are lacking in many different areas, including technical abilities (design, testing, configuration management tools, etc.) personal skills (communication, teamwork, etc.) and professional qualities (e.g. ethics). By raising awareness of these areas, it is possible for educators to become aware of areas where students most frequently fail to meet expectations and to make curriculum changes or adjustments to address these problems

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