Open Source Software Can Open Minds and Help Solve the U.S. Technical Education Problem

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Szulik, M. (2002). Open Source Software Can Open Minds and Help Solve the U.S. Technical Education Problem. In M. Driscoll & T. Reeves (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (pp. 1089-1092). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2002
Montreal, Canada
2002
ISBN 1-880094-46-0
  Margaret Driscoll & Thomas C. Reeves
AACE

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Matthew Szulik, Chairman, CEO, President---Red Hat, United States

Abstract

Despite all the computer equipment and software that companies have donated to schools over the past 20 years, students are still advancing through the grades and graduating with inadequate technical skills - technical in this case being a synonym for "computing." The way things are going this will only get worse. The job market demands more skills and sophistication, while at the same time school budgets are shrinking. It's getting harder for us to provide the computing and technical skills that will be the foundation for the success of our economy of the 21st century.

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• Schools

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