Some say America is losing its IT edge and ought to look northward for guidance. As this IT World story puts it:
“American schools would do well to emulate Canadian universities such as McGill and Waterloo, which, without a doubt, are North America’s leading source of top IT talent,” said [IT guru Thornton] May.
Apart from technical skills, May explained, Canadian schools equipped graduates with “humanity.”
“Your graduates are actually humane. One of the core skills in any economy is the ability to work with each other. The American ego gets in the way,” he said.
(HT: Bill Stevenson)