All have doctorates in IS or closely related fields or have professional work experience in the IS area. In addition, all have active research programs in IS and are actively involved both with the latest technologies and with companies using those technologies. Two faculty will join the department in the fall semester of 1999. Both will complete their doctorates in information systems in 1999, one at Texas Tech University and the other at Kent State University. All classrooms, labs, and offices are networked.
Network servers are accessible from off-campus.
Finally, the IS faculty have developed working relationships in the business community which provide ample opportunity for practical experiences for both faculty and students. Those relationships are valuable sources of data for keeping our curriculum tuned to the changes both in information technology and in business uses of that technology. List all other public and private institutions of higher education in North Carolina currently operating programs similar to the proposed new degree program for which planning authorization is being sought. Twenty-one programs in the listings which appeared to include the study of computer technology were included in the loosely defined set of possible programs similar to that being proposed here. Program descriptions and course listings, where appropriate, were obtained and reviewed.