| Article ID: | iaor20097269 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 182 |
| End Page Number: | 197 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Information Systems |
| Authors: | Panko Raymond R |
| Keywords: | education in OR |
In the 1990s, enrollments grew rapidly in information systems (IS) and computer science. Then, beginning in 2000 and 2001, enrollments declined precipitously. This paper looks at the enrollment bubble and the dotcom bubble that drove IT enrollments. Although the enrollment bubble occurred worldwide, this paper focuses primarily on U.S. data, which is widely available, and secondarily on Western Europe data.