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Recommended Citation: Curl, S S, D P Manson, and W Testerman. Rightsizing the CIS Department: Victim of Fate or Master of Destiny. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2000, v 17 (Philadelphia): §147.

Rightsizing the CIS Department: Victim of Fate or Master of Destiny

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Steven S. Curl    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems Department
California State Polytechnic University    [u1] [u2]
Pomona, California, USA    [c1] [c2]

Daniel P. Manson    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems Department
California State Polytechnic University    [u1] [u2]
Pomona, California, USA    [c1] [c2]

Ward Testerman    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems Department
California State Polytechnic University    [u1] [u2]
Pomona, California, USA    [c1] [c2]

Increasing demand for information systems professionals frequently translates into increased enrollment of CIS majors. This groundswell in demand poses both a challenge and an opportunity for CIS programs. Rightsizing the CIS Department, through active management of the admissions process not only works to improve the quality of graduates, but provides a much fairer mechanism for allocating scarce faculty and classroom resources than does a more open admission policy. This paper explores the formulation of one such admission policy in a successful CIS program and presents the initial results of its application.

Keywords: enrollment management, growth, rightsizing, curriculum

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