Attracting High School Minority Students to Information Systems: The Technology Awareness Program
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The purpose of this paper is to explain the Technology Awareness Program that was implemented at a southern university to increase the exposure of information systems to high school minority students including females. The details of the program, industry participation, sponsorship, and the student project are presented and discussed. Prior research on interactive learning is included as support for the project and interactive learning methods employed in the program.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010