Too often, there is a significant disconnect between the realms of business and education. Constantly changing business practices put a strain on educators to remain abreast of emerging industry trends. The problem is compounded because it can be costly — in time, energy and money — to stay updated.

Particularly in the information technology industry, knowledge comes and goes so quickly that what IT professionals learned three years ago is already outdated. It is estimated that what students learn in their freshman college year may be irrelevant by the time they graduate as seniors.

Industry is often hesitant to become involved in working with educational institutions to combat this problem, citing a lack of time as one main reason. With ever-increasing cost pressure, who can blame businesses? But this segregation of education and industry, of classroom and real world, is a severe and growing dilemma in our educational and career-path pipeline.

Full Story: Collaboration is needed to help close the IT worker gap Source: Mass High Tech, December 19th, 2008 Author: Giselle LaFrance Added on December 24th, 2008 at 3:07 pm, by Matt Mikula