Re: Re: i5/OS

I teach i5/OS courses part time at a community college. We used to have
intro (2x/year) and advanced RPG(1x/year), Intro (1 or 2x/year) and
advanced COBOL (1x/year), and a CL/operations class (sometimes 4x/year).
Recent years we have witnessed enrollment drop to the point that COBOL and
RPG are offered (not necessarily held) annually. and the CL course is
offered 2x/year. Every time these courses are offered over the last 3 or 4
years there is always a question up to the last minute if the class will
have enough students to go. We always loose someone in the RPG class on
the first day who thought RPG was for Roll Playing Games (ugh). All in
all we have been seeing dropping enrollment in the i5 courses with many
questioning if we should drop them from the curriculum. Our students are
unable to find jobs locally on the platform as companies have their pick
of experienced people from all of the businesses downsizing and closing.
We have discussed offering the CL class each fall and COBOL and RPG in
alternating winter semesters.

7. Number of universities/colleges/community colleges ACTIVELY TEACHING
(i5)
classes. I MEAN ACTIVELY TEACHING - NOT just on the books or in the
catalog...and I mean active in that the class weren't canceled due to lack
of people signing up for them...

Probably doesn't mean anything but the CL class(es) my wife teaches at a
local Community/Tech College have increased from around 4-6 students 3 yrs
ago (approx) to 12-14, RPG has gone from 6-8 to the max of 18 in just over
a
year.


Thank you,
- Jim