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Faculty teaching computer courses go through repeated updates of their classes in order to keep their programs current. The updates may include more than changing textbooks or adding a new volume. Instead, the changes may require the installation of new software, hardware, troubleshooting and solving complicated technology related problems. The faculty requesting these changes may need the expertise of technical staff in updating these technology courses and in solving emerging problems. In such cases, coordination and collaboration between the faculty and technical staff will be necessary in order to assure course updates. This paper reports on the collaboration between a faculty and technical staff at Eberly College of Business and Information Technology (ECOBIT) -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Both faculty and technical staff have been working cooperatively at different levels to address course and programmatic changes for their computer curriculum. The details of this cooperation between the faculty and the technical staff are explained in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Enrollment in computer science programs has been facing a steady decline for a number of years. Although more recent trend has shown a slight upward trend in enrollment, but the number of admitted students into computer science programs falls far short of what they have been before and in meeting employment demands. Numerous reasons have contributed to this decline and various steps have been taken by departments to counter this decline and to bring more students into their programs. This paper examines steps taken to understand the causes and improvements to the availability of computer science graduates. Specifically, the Computer Science (COSC) program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) has been proactively taking different steps in order to attract more students into their program and to improve retention among their enrolled students. The result of these efforts has been mixed and it is helpful to analyze these factors and delve into some aspects of the program to understand the extent of the steps taken so far. Thus the experience of the computer science program at IUP and their efforts to reverse enrollment decline is discussed in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]