From nitdc-owner Wed Apr 23 08:57:08 1997 Received: from kolbj (docis1.its.rpi.edu [128.113.59.27]) by mail1.its.rpi.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA222556; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 08:57:03 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970423085044.006a2ff8@mail.rpi.edu> X-Sender: kolbj@mail.rpi.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 08:50:44 -0400 To: New Information Technology Degree Committee From: "John E. Kolb" Subject: Re: criteria Cc: Gary Judd , Jack Wilson In-Reply-To: <199704222012.QAA183194@mail1.its.rpi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-UIDL: 8d40199664c1e5bf7290e7f741bf9c25 Status: R Y'all, Here is a "first cut" at defining a set of criteria for our task. Deborah Johnson was kind enough to put this together (with some minor feedback and editorial comments from me). Please feel free to provide your comments back to the list........see ya.....j.k. 1. The curriculum or curricula should primarily attract students not traditionally drawn to Rensselaer. The new type of student we want to attract should not need as much financial aid. 2. It should be multidisciplinary, involving all or at least several of the schools. 3. It should be able to be described and packaged in a way that is appealing to high school students in general, and those under criteria #1 in particular. 4. It should have job or career potential both for the short term (first job) and long term (life-long career). 5. It should be describable and packaged in a way that employers will understand and find attractive. 6. It should be multiple curriculum with students based in several schools taking overlapping courses. ** This one probably will take some more discussion with the group to understand whether these are students in a separate program, students in each school participating in IT course/curriculum offerings, or both. It seemed that there was a fair amount of discussion emerging last time about this. 7. It should have to do with information but in a way that is flexible in anticipation of a rapidly changing set of fields. ** This is tied to #4 and we have to be vigilant to not have obsolescence before we start. ************************************************************ John E. Kolb Dean of Computing and Information Services Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 210 Pittsburgh Building Troy, NY 12180-3590 518-276-2122, 518-276-4061 (FAX) ************************************************************