Information Technology curricula 2027 (IT2027): competency-driven guidelines through community engagement

As work begins on updating the ACM/IEEE-CS information technology curricula guidelines, this panel invites the IT education community to inform the development of the IT2027 curricular report. Shifts in the job market due to technological advancement and the fast-paced adoption of AI technology in all economic sectors call for reevaluating which competency domains we should retain, retire, or revise in the IT curricula. This panel will focus on revising the competency-based curricular framework with two innovations in mind: 1) include full educational pathways that extend from upper-level secondary education to encompass associate and baccalaureate IT degree programs, and 2) consider professional master's degrees in IT and computing bridge programs into graduate education. Another important focus of the panel is the integration and crosswalks between IT academic programs and the current and projected IT occupational landscape by using US and international classification systems for organizing and standardizing education and occupation data. Attendees will contribute to the early development of the IT2027 by sharing perspectives on future directions for IT education.