%0 Journal Article
%T Informing South African Students about Information Systems
%A Mike Hart
%J Informing Science The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline
%D 2002
%I Informing Science Institute
%X At the University of Cape Town, females and students disadvantaged under the previous South African apartheid education system are under-represented in Information Systems (I.S.) classes. This research shows that these are also the groups most ignorant about I.S. at the school-leaving stage. After being informed about the discipline through a small intervention, a significant increase in enthusiasm for majoring in and being employed in I.S. occurred. This should result in a better educational fit and greater enrolment of these groups in I.S., and reduce some switching to I.S. from other subjects at a later stage. The key influencing sources for university students' study decisions are also examined, and it is evident that a different approach is needed for each group in order to maximize the number of quality I.S. graduates.
%K Information systems
%K education
%K perceptions
%K computers
%K major
%U http://inform.nu/Articles/Vol5/v5n3p145-153.pdf