Reflections about IS doctoral programs: a status report on Indiana University and doctoral education in general

Author

Hoffer, Jeffrey A. ; Wynne, Bayard E.

Author_Institution

Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, USA

Volume

iii

fYear

1991

fDate

8-11 Jan 1991

Firstpage

510

Abstract

A review is given of the history and status of the MIS area, with emphasis on the IS doctoral program, at Indiana University. The discussion includes the graduate curriculum and teaching mission, philosophy of doctoral education at IU and culture of IS doctoral program, research paradigms practiced, placement of doctoral graduates, strengths and weaknesses of the program, and faculty interests, among other characteristics. The authors also use their experience and analysis of IS doctoral education to raise issues of interest to all doctoral/research schools

Keywords

computer science education; management information systems; teaching; IS doctoral program; Indiana University; MIS area; doctoral education; doctoral graduates; doctoral/research schools; faculty interests; graduate curriculum; research paradigms; status report; teaching mission; Data processing; Education; Educational institutions; Educational products; Educational programs; History; Information systems; Measurement standards; Programming profession; Reflection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1991. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1991.184181

Filename

184181