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The Salt Lake Tribune BUSINESS Monday, May8, 2000 IT Courses Gain Popularityiin Global Economy Salt Lake Convention Calendar pene - ORGANIZATION Certification programs emergeto train millionsin industry WHERE Little America Hotel & Towers INFORMS Citywide JSI Research & nis Murray used a green magic marker andtwoslide projectors to 1,000 May 10 150 May 9 125 May 12 30 May 13 inn eeewine by Marriott Sandy. AONDAY Tour & Lodgini Holiday inn Hotel & Cacmeace i wasn’t French or literature or math. Murray's course is “ “Building Interactive Web Sites,” and his as May 13 Best Western Cottontree Bill Good Marketing Learning Tree International one recent morning. But the subject punctured 650 Hilton Salt Lake TrainingInstitute highlight the keypoints in his lesson for two dozen students at such IS SUNDAY GANNETT NEWS SERVICE was Rul TODAY RESTON,Va. - Instructor Den- phrases PLANNED ATTENDANCE THROUGH Institute of Electrical & Engineers BY KATHERINE HUTT SCOTT lecture . Suites Airport WEDNE with “cookies,” “platform independent” and “architecturallyneutral.” As the new global. economy American Accounting Little America Hotel & Towers ee Maye Service Team of Pramecsionsia Embassy Suites 70 May 14 Source: Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau ‘The Salt Lake Tribune screamsout for workers skilled in information technology, a host of similar programsto train and cer- WEEKLY PLANNER tify people has emerged in the past decade, according to a groundbreaking study by Clifford Adel- Asinformation technology has become more important in the global economy, an Anestimated 1.6 million people worldwide have earned certificates of competence in the past 10 awarded, andthe total had grown “Tt is very specific job training,” to 231,000 by Februaryof this year, Hartle said. “It is not education. Nobody would confuse what Microsoft does with what Oberlin does.” years, half of them outside of the United States, Adelmansaid in an interview. That compares with 1.6 million bachelor’s and associate’s according to Adelman's study. The new education system degrees granted each year by two- posesa challengeto traditional institutions of higher education, andfour-year colleges and univer- Adelman’s study found.If the certificates of competence lead to sities in this country. No one knows how manycompaniesoffer the training andcerti- higher starting salaries, students maychoose themovertraditional college degrees. fication, Adelman said. Theyinclude large technology companies such as Microsoft, Novell and Ora- Adelmansaid he had onlyanecdotal evidencethat certificate programs are drawing students away from college. For example, Adel- cle, plus multinational training companies. Some of the better- man: heard from a high school principal that his son dropped out knowncertificates offered include Microsoft Certified Systems Engi- of college to get certified and then got a:starting job earning $60,000 more than theprincipal's salary. neer (MCSE) and Certified Novell Engineer (CNE). Theglobal scope of the new sys- Students would be better. off temis impressive. Last year, testing companies conducted the ex- getting a college degree first, Adel- man said:*“Colleges help adolescents become adults. And that’s aminations that lead to certification at 5,000 sites in 140 countries, something issue of these training pro- grams don’t pretend to do.” according to Adelman’s study, scheduled to be published in the May-June Colleges aren't concerned about the growth in information technology training, said Terry Hartle Change magazine. And the new systerr is growing. Fromthe early 1990s to the fall of of the American Council on Edu- 1997, 35,000 MCSEs had been leges and universities. cation, which represents 1,800 col- Burial Plots } 035—Legal Services ‘Dyonce yr0 cea “ses 7800soaiibelowcot y Wifkreapogi Lc = rtd oot eReara UTARPARAIEGAL SERUICEOP9775 Ci Debt Learning Tree International, a Los Angeles-based information technology training company that educated 113,000 students in 27 countriesin thepast year, markets its courses to workers in businesses and government agencies, said John M. Moriarty, vice presidentof product development. Learning Tree’s students typically are between 25 and 40 years old. A typical certificate requires five one-week courses and costs about $7,000. “Our market is information technology professionals,” Moriarty said.“It’s not kids comingout of school.” One such student is Michele Farmer, 44, of Woodbridge, Va., who wasattending a class on the Windows NT computer operating system onefloor down from Murray’s Website class. Farmer, whostudied languages in college a quarter century ago, 039—Dating Services| 041—Escort Services ATENEO BAD CREDIT? : asateh Lawn DIVORCE AND FAMILY LAW ALT LAKE MEMORIAL Do itight the 4st ime. avoid nave cpt wie eai,a phone is Respond! REE 5950008 10 Browse ond 04 Fb400 Tbe Sales PROVOCITY SURPLUS pertain sDASTISZESOUM FROVO, toca SuFoRTONE ‘OLSON 3556655 seo ea a TNT AUCTION $150 DIVORCE /Bankruptcy + cost 5969950 Atty, Bruce Dawson ‘roeonsrms on rs xRnee TohasorigeMekntoecktis lime TENRERBET eos RHEoeha L ost and Found }iicenrseavcis seco Cra FOUND: Noor Chininal. Rex Busta 8338020 trooel nwunlerantemyouen: us. 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