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Recommended Citation: McAleer, B and J S Szakas.  Cutting to the Core: Curriculum Strategies to Address Outsourcing.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2006, v 23 (Dallas): §3535. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 6(12). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
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Cutting to the Core: Curriculum Strategies to Address Outsourcing

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Brenda McAleer    [a1] [a2]
Business Administration
The University of Maine at Augusta    [u1] [u2]
Augusta, Maine, USA    [c1] [c2]

Joseph S. Szakas    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems
The University of Maine at Augusta    [u1] [u2]
Augusta, Maine, USA    [c1] [c2]

Outsourcing is a threat to many jobs in the IT sector, and puts pressure on IT curricula to adjust. The threat of outsourcing should not be underestimated. What are the characteristics of jobs that are easily outsourced? And what can be done to produce well rounded IT professionals insulated from outsourcing? Where outsourcing is not the answer, IT curricula should take advantage. Teaching students to be innovative, creative, culturally aware, work in teams, and communicate well can prepare them to compete in the global economy. This can be accomplished by reinforcing general education skills within the IT curriculum.

Keywords: outsourcing, IS2002, general education, curriculum

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