A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR HYBRID DISTANCE DELIVERY FOR INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAMS

IT jobs continue to increase; however, the number of women pursuing a career in technology has declined. We conducted a study of incoming freshmen to examine previous course taking patterns, access to computers, interest in technology majors and reasons students opted in or out of a technology major...

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Main Authors: Terry Dennis, Omar El-Gayar, Zehai Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IACIS 2002-01-01
Series:Issues in Information Systems
Online Access:http://iacis.org/iis/2002/DennisEl-GayorZhou.pdf
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