Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Wednesday, June 27, 2001

http://www.chronicle.com/free/2001/06/2001062701t.htm

4 Universities Agree to Teach Business Skills to Computer Students
By FLORENCE OLSEN

Seven Philadelphia-area corporations have established close ties with four universities in the region to improve the business know-how, or "soft" skills, of computer-science and information-systems students. The corporations' executives say many tech-savvy graduates lack a "customer-service orientation," or even the skills needed to participate effectively in business meetings.

The four institutions -- La Salle, Temple, Villanova, and West Chester Universities -- have signed agreements with some of the largest employers in the region to change their computer-science and information-systems curriculums....

 



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