Guidelines toward bridging the IT theory-practice gap

What is it about?

The gap between information technology higher education and the information technology industry is growing. Higher education needs to align with industry expectations for future information technology graduates. One way to ensure that IT students are more focused on what is expected in the industry is to raise career awareness. The paper provides an overview of interventions that can be used to raise career awareness, as well as specific guidelines for higher education institutions towards bridging the IT theory-practice gap.

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Why is it important?

The IT theory-practice gap is a growing concern. Higher education is producing IT graduates that do not necessarily have the skill set expected in the IT industry. Research shows that the IT industry has continuous hard to fill vacancies as they are not finding skilled candidates. The paper provides guidelines that any higher institution can follow to ensure that they are promoting career awareness among their IT students in a timely fashion.