Howard Community College is launching a software development apprenticeship program that allows students to earn while they learn.
Even as a report on Q3 from Dice suggested nationwide tech hiring is stabilizing in the pandemic, the IT industry has a talent pipeline issue. A tech talent shortage in the United States left 918,000 jobs unfilled in 2019, according to trade group CompTIA. Growing the number of workers with qualifications for those roles is not just a matter of directing more people toward degrees in IT or software development.
“We heard from industries that said higher education was lagging behind, especially in the IT industry,” said Mina Woo, associate vice president of continuing education and workforce development at Howard Community College. “These students who graduate with software and cybersecurity degrees are two to three years behind, because it takes two to three years to develop curriculum at a college level.”
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