Later Any time a skill leads to a good job, there's an argument to be made for teaching it. For USM, the program is a chance to serve businesses in the Maryland-Washington corridor. For Caliber, a for-profit company, it's a new market for a curriculum it has successfully taught in corporate settings and its chain of learning centers. Students, who so far have ranged from 18 to 50-something, are selected based on experience and performance on an aptitude test. They also learn how to find and attack common Year 2000 problems and work with software tools developed to cure them.
Caliber provides the curriculum and the faculty.
USM provides classrooms at its Downtown Baltimore Center, and handles registration and finances. USM has received about 800 applications so far, and 146 students have completed the program or are in training. Peggy Williams, director of marketing for Caliber's Year 2000 programs, says the company plans similar partnerships with other universities. Let the extermination begin. All rights reserved.