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Christopher A. Ramezan; Paul M. Coffy; Jared Lemons – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
A trained workforce is needed to protect operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) within national critical infrastructure and critical industries. However, what knowledge, skills, and credentials are employers looking for in OT cybersecurity professionals? To best train the next generation of OT cybersecurity professionals,…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Science, Labor Force Development, Technical Occupations
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Mara Kirdani-Ryan; Amy J. Ko – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
For computing to serve humanity, computing spaces must be safe for all individuals. While prior work has surfaced how hegemonic racial and gendered expectations manifest in computing, it has only indirectly attended to expectations surrounding neurodivergence. As computing stereotypes largely align with stereotypes of some neurodivergent…
Descriptors: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Stereotypes, Disabilities, Computer Attitudes
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Lavigne, Eric; Coppens, Lindsay; Sweeney, Juliette; Moodie, Gavin; Childs, Ruth A.; Wheelahan, Leesa – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
This article reports on a study investigating the link between education and work. Instead of looking at the labour outcomes of graduates, the study examined the qualifications held by workers in technician- and professional-level jobs from three types of occupational fields: regulated, applied, and general. The approach shifts the focus away from…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Postsecondary Education, Education Work Relationship, Paraprofessional Personnel
Buse, Kathleen; Evans, Nicole; George, Emma; Ford, Jeremy; Anderson, Jessica – American Association of University Women, 2017
While girls are studying and excelling in science and math more than ever before, this achievement has not been matched with a similar rise in the representation of women in these careers. Today, women make up just 12 percent of the engineering workforce and 26 percent of the computing workforce. Employers play a critical role in improving the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Sex Fairness, Disproportionate Representation, Technology
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Holbrook, M. Cay; MacCuspie, P. Ann – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
Braille-reading mathematicians, scientists, and computer scientists were asked to examine the usability of the Unified English Braille Code (UEB) for technical materials. They had little knowledge of the code prior to the study. The research included two reading tasks, a short tutorial about UEB, and a focus group. The results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Braille, Focus Groups, Computer Science, Scientists
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1982
This report presents an analysis of science, engineering, and technician (SET) employment within manufacturing industries based on data from the 1977 and 1980 Occupational Employment Statistics survey. The purposes of the report are to: (1) summarize employment data for detailed SET occupations in manufacturing to describe demand patterns; (2)…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Science, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
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Ottinger, Cecilia – Educational Record, 1984
Recent employment forecasts indicate that over half the growth in jobs from 1982-1995 will be in computer-related, technical, and health fields. Only one-fourth of the 40 occupations expected to have the largest growth will require a college degree, although most of the remainder will require postsecondary education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, College Graduates, Computer Science, Demand Occupations
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Hatcher, Philip J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Discusses a program in which research groups consisting of faculty, undergraduate students, and graduate students worked on projects in computer graphics, automatic-code generation, or computer-aided instruction. Cites several positive outcomes for students when research is made relevant to the technical subject studied. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
Baker, William E.; And Others – 1972
The document is one of five summary reports, all part of a Pre-Technical Curriculum Planning Project for secondary students who aspire to technical employment or post secondary technical education. This report represents the results of an assessment of the northeast Florida areas technical occupations in business. A three-phase approach was…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business, Business Skills, Computer Science
Useem, Elizabeth – 1981
The relationship between high technology companies and educational institutions in northern Santa Clara County, California, a major center of technologically sophisticated industry, was studied. Attention was directed to the way that educational institutions in Silicon Valley are changing to meet the demands of a transforming technology. Over 100…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Useem, Elizabeth – 1982
The relationship between high technology firms and educational institutions in the Boston metropolitan area was studied. Attention was focused on the responsiveness of public schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities to the demands of the industry for technically trained personnel. The influence of companies on…
Descriptors: College Role, Computer Science, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities