[AISWorld] IS undergraduate recruiting

[Jerry Flatto]

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>From previous discussions on IS World, a common issue that many of us are
having is trying to recruit high school students to go into Information
Systems.  I am wondering if folks are willing to share approaches, methods,
ideas that you may have or have tried to raise awareness of the field of
Information Systems as well as potentially recruit high school students.

 

This past Friday, our Admissions department had a "Computer Career Day"
where prospective high school students were invited to campus to learn about
computer-related majors of Computer Science, Digital Media (through the
university's Art Department) and Information Systems.  Few prospective
students ended up attending and none of them had identified Information
Systems as their major before coming to campus. :(

 

>From talking to our Admissions department, our university, like many others,
uses the "College Board" to obtain marketing lists of high school students
that we then can potentially try to recruit.  The College Board does not
list "Information Systems" (or related disciplines) as a possible choice
that high school students can even select as a potential major.  Therefore,
it did not surprise me that none of the high school students who came to
campus listed Information Systems as a potential major or even was aware of
the field.    

 

Thus, I am wondering what we can do to raise the awareness of Information
Systems among high school students in my area.  What approaches such as high
school competitions hosted on campus, brochures, speaking to high schools,
etc., have you tried to raise awareness of Information Systems?  

 

I will share any responses provided, removing names to protect the guilty as
required.  :)

 

Thanks.

 

Jerry

 

 

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Dr. Jerry Flatto, Professor, Information Systems Department - School of
Business

University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
mailto:jflatto at uindy.com

 

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