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The issue of declining IS enrollments is so troublesome that even ACM/AIS has redesigned its recommended curriculum in an attempt to reverse this trend [1]. Although all majors in most accredited Business Schools are required to take the Introduction to IS course, the real or perceived value of this course is unclear. This paper looks at the real or perceived value of the content of the Introduction to Information Systems course and the possible impact on declining enrollments.
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Everard, A., Jones, B.M., McCoy, S. (2011). Are MIS Students Learning What They Need to Land a Job?. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Applications. HCI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6764. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21619-0_30
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