A recent survey conducted by Career Communications Group, Inc. (CCG) has found that 42 companies and government agencies are considered most supportive of historically Black engineering schools.
CCG asked the deans of the 10 ABET-accredited, historically Black college and university (HBCU) engineering programs to list five corporate or government sponsors they feel contribute most to their institutional mission. Some deans listed more than five, and there were many duplications. But, in all, 42 separate organizations were named.
According to Tyrone D. Taborn, CCG's founder and chief executive officer, "This ranking reflects the perception the deans have of the total level of support they receive. The organizations they named have moved beyond their traditional comfort level by supporting HBCUs. They see these schools as more than a place to recruit employees. These 42 companies and agencies are doing things above and beyond their traditional business-university relationship."
Six of 10 HBCU deans ranked The Boeing Company as a top supporter. One company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, was named by five deans. General Motors Corporation and Raytheon Company were listed by four deans. Two companies received mentions from three deans: Ford Motor Company and Hewlett-Packard Company. Eight organizations received two listings: Corning Incorporated, ExxonMobil Corporation, General Electric Company, IBM Corporation, NASA, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Sprint, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The following organizations each received one mention: 3M, AT&T, BASF, Bechtel/Department of Energy, Black & Decker Corporation, BP Amoco, Caterpillar Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Conoco Phillips, Delon Hampton Associates, Dominion Resources, Inc.,
Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, EDS, Harris Corporation. Holcim (US) Inc., Intel Corporation, Merck & Co., Microsoft Corporation, Motorola, Inc., the Office of Naval Research, Pratt & Whitney, Progress Energy, Shell, Southern Company, and Xerox Corporation.
CCG's Taborn stresses that, "This list is important because for many years, the relationship between HBCUs and non-HBCUs has not been equitable. Corporate and government execs naturally tend to support the college they came from. If you don't have HBCU graduates in your executive ranks, you don't think about HBCUs."
Career Communications Group, Inc. is a minority-owned media services company whose mission is to promote career and educational opportunities for minority professionals and students in engineering, technology, and science. CCG publishes US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine and Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine and presents the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference and the Women of Color Technology Awards Conferences. CCG is also the founder of two national public awareness campaigns to increase minorities' interest in technology, Black Family Technology Awareness Week and La Familia Technology Week.
TOP SUPPORTERS OF HBCU ENGINEERING PROGRAMS, 2003
3M
Agilent Technologies
AT&T
BASF
Bechtel/Department of Energy
Black & Decker Corporation
The Boeing Company
BP Amoco
Caterpillar Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Conoco Phillips
Corning Incorporated
Delon Hampton Associates
Dominion Resources, Inc.
Dow Chemical Company
Dupont
EDS
ExxonMobil Corporation
Ford Motor Company
General Electric Company
General Motors Corporation
Harris Corporation
Hewlett-Packard Company
Holcim (US) Inc.
IBM Corporation
Intel Corporation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Merck & Company
Microsoft Corporation
Motorola, Inc.
NASA
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Office of Naval Research
Pratt & Whitney
Procter & Gamble
Progress Energy
Raytheon Company
Shell
Southern Company
Sprint
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Xerox Corporation
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