Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze 86 information technology (IT) internship postings to discern the extent to which the intended outcomes matched professional standards for four-year IT programs. Design/methodology/approach: The researchers text mined specified skills from 86 internship postings and compared them to the competencies…

This document contains the materials necessary to set up and implement the "School to Work Internship for Learning a Living" program. The guide is organized in four sections. The first section contains information about the following: participating businesses, program objective, job shadowing, paid internships, recruitment of teachers and…

Industry representatives reviewed the curricula for computer programmer-analyst, network administrator, and technical support courses at 10 community colleges in California. Thirty-eight reviewers participated in the focus groups, and several other reviewers participated via e-mail. The focus groups discussed each of the three degree programs…