Technology as Sputnik? Internet in America's Schools

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A report released by the Information Technology Association of America, Help
Wanted 2: A Call for Collaborative Action for the New Millennium, illustrates
a serious dilemma which has been overlooked by some. ITAA revealed that
currently 346,000 information technology jobs are being unfilled in the
American labor market. From 1986 to 1994, ITAA found a 40% decline in the
number of computer science degrees being earned. In 1997, ITAA in Help Wanted:
The IT Workforce Gap at the Dawn of a New Century found that over 190,000
information technology oriented jobs in the largest 2000 companies remain
unfilled due to a lack of qualified applicants. This represents a labor
crisis. Perhaps policy makers should react to this current IT crisis as they
did in 1957 to the launch of Sputnik. A so-called 21st century Sputnik could
drive the Internet into America's schools.
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