Vladimir L Pavlov – International Software and Productivity Engineering Institute (Ukraine-USA)

Andrey A Terekhov – Microsoft, CEE HQ (Germany)Andrey N Terekhov – St. Petersburg State University

(Russia)

Higher Ed

6.5M

Higher Ed 132M

Central Asia 1.8M

Sub Saharan Africa 3.3M

South and West Asia 4.4M

Arab States 6.5M

Central Eastern Europe 10M

Latam and Caribbean 10.6M

Canada and Western Europe 16M

East Asia and Pacific 20M

Brazil 3.9M (+12%)

Japan 4M (+1%)

Russia 8.6M (+6%)

India 11M (+5%)

US 17M (+2%)

China 19.4M (+28%)

Egypt +17% (2.5M)

Nigeria +4% (1.3M)

Iran +14% (2M)

Kazakhstan +10% (660k)

Mexico +4% (2.3M)

UK -2% (2.2M)FR +2% (2.1M)

Ukraine +7% (2.4M)

Indonesia+3% (3.5M)Korea 0% (3.2M)Philippines 0% (2.4M)

…….Unesco 2005

CEE represents 7.5% of WW population, but15% of WW students!

Total StudentsTotal Students1.3B1.3B

K-121.16B

STEM-D – 39M

Higher Ed 6.5M

Total Faculty Total Faculty 59M59M

K-1252.5M

STEM-D – 1.9M

80%+ of all Education audience is in K12

Total Students Total Students 109.5M109.5M

Higher Ed 1.38M

Total Faculty 8.38MTotal Faculty 8.38M

K-12 7M

STEM – 400K

HigherEd 20.4M

STEM – 3.5M (est.)

K-1287.4M

Education

CEE represents 7.5% of WW population, but15% of WW students!

General Observations IT is cool in CEE; IT enrolments are on the rise; IT education is seen as a “ticket to a better life”

Jobs argument is not as relevant for CEE as for the USA; 70-80% of senior students already work

Universities are moving from Soviet-stile system to Western-style

From 5 years of education for all university students to Bachelors/Masters

Governments are in the process of establishing new national educational standards

There is a big disconnect between Academia and Industry (aging faculty; low salaries; mostly public funding; no incentives for improving quality)

CEE: Two Ways to Apply SE2004As a general guidance for STEM elucidators

Since many of STEM graduates go into software development industry

As a basis for (new) national educational standards

How SE2004 Was AppliedWe published the Russian translation

of SE2004 Curriculum GuidelinesDistributed for free - great “Thank You”

to APKIT, Intel and Microsoft who sponsored this effort

National educational standards on Software Engineering are under development nowBased on SE2004Key modifications include increasing

required # of hours for mathematical courses, English and humanitarian courses

New standards are currently piloted in 30+ universities

Lessons LearntLocalization is important since a lot of faculty do

not speak EnglishIt is not always easy to localize – for example, there

is/was no direct translation for the “computing” word to Russian

Special attention to English to help graduates get access to global marketStill a lot of efforts have to be invested into

“globalization” of CEE SE educationCollaboration with local industry to provide

students with real-life experienceStrong emphasis on fundamental education is the

competitive advantage for CEE universities and must be maintained

SE2014: Suggested ImprovementsMore country templatesExplicit entry/exit criteriaMore attention to globalization Recommendations for specializations

by functionby vertical

More practiceMore attention to entrepreneurship

AcknowledgementsAlexander BabichAlex TumanoffAnatoliy DoroshenkoIgor MendzebrovskiIrina Zolotaryova Ivan PoydaViktor Kauk Vladimir HahanovYury TimoshenkoZoya Dudar

This presentation was delivered on October 12, 2007,

in Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA) on the IEEE/ASEE “Frontiers in Education” conference,

and then on October 17, 2007 in Yalta (Ukraine) on the “Microsoft Academic Days” conference

It is available for download from http://www.vlpavlov.com