Sharon N. Vest
ABSTRACT
The U.S. economy is experiencing a shortage of information technology (IT) workers. All forecasts indicate the problem will increase more dramatically in the next two decades. A report conducted by the Computing Research Association in May 1999 describes two types of demands, episodic and long-term. [2] The episodic demand has been generated by the Y2K problem and will drop off dramatically in the next year. The long-term demand is created by the changes in our society brought about by the integration of technology and will continue to increase. In searching for solutions to the shortage problem, focusing on the underrepresented groups in American society, women, Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans presents one solution. The panel will discuss several current programs designed to address the needs of women and minorities in an attempt to recruit and retain these underrepresented groups in the technological sciences.
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