Professional field involvement in ICT curricula at the Dutch UaS

This paper analyses Dutch accreditation reports in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) to assess the degree of reported involvement of the professional field in the curricula of universities of applied sciences. Qualitative content analysis of the reports of all the ICT programs in the country indicates loose coupling in reporting on mechanisms of interaction. This means that whereas the involvement of the professional field is strongly suggestive at the strategic levels, there is an underrepresentation of university-industry interaction on operational levels which sugg... Mehr ...