Establishing a computer science program with staff shortages in a developing country through an electrical engineering department

• Autores: S. R. H. Hoole
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 25, no. Extra 6, 2009, págs. 1226-1235
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Development experts, in the wake of the IT revolution, generally see Computer Science as a pathway to advanced economic status bypassing industrialization. Many countries have therefore made IT development a high priority and universities have been charged with and pressured into rapidly developing suitable academic programs in Computer Science. In the Third World where human resources in high-tech fields like Computer Science are scarce, a successful Computer Science program can be developed through an Electrical Engineering Department. The resulting failures and challenges in developing such a program in a developing country context are described. Such successful programs can be sustainable, particularly if they are located physically close to the metropolis.