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IT graduates shortage in North America |
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 A widespread shortage of IT graduates across North America is forcing Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and other software companies to look to developing countries such as China to meet their needs, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says.”When we want to hire lots of software engineers there is a shortage in North America - a pretty significant shortage,” Gates said Thursday in an interview. “We have this tough problem: If you can’t get the engineers, then you have to have those other jobs be where the engineers are.” |
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2008 Canadian Student Survey |
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THE SURVEYS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WERE DONE
 The NSSE and CUSC surveys, which were commissioned by the universities, ask more than 150 questions about specific aspects of the undergraduate experience—inside the classroom and beyond—designed to provide universities with data to help them assess programs and services. |
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SAT scores nationwide declined for the second straight year, according to data released today by the College Board—the nonprofit organization that administers the exam. The class of 2007 notched a 1-point decline in critical reading scores, a 3-point decline in mathematics, and a 3-point drop in the writing section—now in its second year.  |
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 The makers of the "green machines," the low-cost laptops given to children in developing nations, are poised to distribute those computers in the United States. But only those states showing the most need will have first dibs on the $200 computers. "We want to be efficient and fair," says Mike Ford, executive director of the new One Laptop Per Child branch in Washington, D.C.
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