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A proposal from the Boston SIM Chapter Jo Hoppe, Chapter President

Influencing the Academic Agenda Exploring Synergistic Opportunities between Academia and Industry that Encourage and Promote IT/Technology Academic Enrollment. A proposal from the Boston SIM Chapter Jo Hoppe, Chapter President. Boston’s Challenge.

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A proposal from the Boston SIM Chapter Jo Hoppe, Chapter President

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  1. Influencing the Academic AgendaExploring Synergistic Opportunities between Academia and Industry that Encourage and Promote IT/Technology Academic Enrollment A proposal from the Boston SIM Chapter Jo Hoppe, Chapter President

  2. Boston’s Challenge • Maintain razor-sharp focus on our Chapter Strategy • “To be the organization of choice serving today’s and tomorrow’s IT leaders in the eastern New England area” • Strategic Goals: • Improve the value, quality and breadth of our programs and services to members • Establish the brand • Increase efforts to advance and ensure the health of the IT Profession

  3. Increase efforts to advance and ensure the health of the IT Profession • Current Initiatives: • Community Outreach (YearUp, Tech Boston) • Future Potential in IT • STEM Initiative (State initiative to advance technology careers by targeting high school students) • STEM Summit • Event – Fall (Sturbridge, Ma.) • Run by Umass Donahue Institute

  4. The Problem(s) • Declining enrollments in Technology Degree Programs • Universities lack breath of Technology Degree Programs • Most academic offerings are software engineering centric • Paradox is that this is the area that most businesses outsource • Few degree programs offer the skills we need most in the workplace • Project Management • Business Analysis • Architecture • Network, Data and System Administration • Business Skills • Business Process Management

  5. Question • Would it not be more effective if we handled this at the SIM National Level? • Boston Chapter has 3 academicians working on this initiative. How many academicians among our other chapters? • Leverage size, brand, stature, and lobbying capability of our National organization. • Could we work on anything more strategic or important together?

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