Dr' Hsing K' Cheng

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Why University of Florida?

• Dr. Hsing K. Cheng
• Department of Decision Information Sciences

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Jobs and Outsourcing The Two Hottest Buzzwords
Nowadays
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Which Firms?
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The Famous (or infamous) Statistics of Forrester
Research

• In the next 15 years 3.3 million white-collar
  service jobs and 136 billion in wages
• 23 plunge of declared majors in computer science
  in 2003 (Mercury News, March 24, 2004)

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The Impact on DIS (MIS)?
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The Coming Job Boom as the boomers retire, the
workforce will stop growing
Source Business 2.0, Sep. 2003
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The Coming Job Boom and the average workers
education will flatline
Source Business 2.0, Sep. 2003
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The Coming Job Boom causing a serious shortage in
skilled workers
Source Business 2.0, Sep. 2003
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The 10 Fastest-Growing Occupations
Source Business 2.0, Sep. 2003
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Everybody is crazy about ranking

• How to tell whether a particular U.S. university
  is a top research university?
• The infamous ????? ranking?

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Ranking of Warrington College of Business
Administration, University of Florida?

• 2006 U.S. News World Report rankings of
  Americas Best Colleges
• 26 overall, 17 among public schools
• Business 2.0 Top 25 Best ROI MBA Programs (Sep.,
  2005)

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I still have a life!

• Disney Worlds, Sea World, Universal Studio, .
  1 hour and 45 minutes away
• Busch Gardens 2 hours
• Beaches 2 hours
• Do you love sports?

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How do I prepare myself for the experience of a
life time at UF?

• GPA, TOEFL, GMAT/GRE
• English