Baltimore, Md. — An annual survey by US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine has revealed the government and nonprofit organizations that are considered most supportive of the United States’ historically Black engineering schools. NASA leads list.
Participants in the survey were the deans of the ABET-accredited, historically Black college and university (HBCU) engineering programs and the Board Members of the corporate-academic alliance, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE). The questionnaire asked the deans to list the 10 government or nonprofit agencies they feel contribute most to their schools' institutional missions. AMIE was asked which nonprofit or government organizations provide the most support to Black engineering schools. 52 organizations were named Top Supporters.
Tyrone D. Taborn, editor in chief of USBE&IT and chairman and CEO of Career Communications Group Inc. (CCG), says, "We are consistently finding many organizations that are doing more than their share in building the pipeline. This survey reflects the perception that the deans and AMIE share about the level of support they receive from the government and nonprofit sectors.
"One of the reasons we received a tremendous response from our readers to our last four surveys is that people care. Black students and professionals want to know more about what these organizations are doing for their colleges. People want to work for an employer that is committed to their community.”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration topped the list with thirteen mentions. U.S. Department of Energy was ranked second with eleven mentions. National Science Foundation received ten mentions, coming in third. U.S. Department of Defense ranked fourth, having received six mentions. Coming in a close fifth was U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with five mentions. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and U.S. Department of Transportation each had four mentions.
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, National Security Agency, and Tennessee Valley Authority were given three mentions. Two mentions were given to National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The following organizations received one mention each:
Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering (AMIE), Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, Battelle, Brookhaven National Laboratories, Brown University, Center for Advanced Manufactures & Devices, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), City of Baltimore, Federal Highway Administration, Florida Department of Transportation, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratories, Keck Foundation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Louisiana Board of Regents, Maryland State Highway, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NAVAIR, Office of Naval Intelligence, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Science and Engineering Alliance, Sloan Foundation, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Texas Department of Transportation, the Louisiana Quality Education Support Fund, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development , U.S. Federal Railway Administration, United Negro College Fund, United States Department of Agriculture , U.S. Navy, and University of Tennessee-Battelle.
Career Communications Group Inc. (CCG) is a leading talent management and career development company whose mission is to promote career and educational opportunities for minority and female professionals and students in engineering, technology, and science.
CCG publishes US Black Engineer & Information Technology, Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology, Science Spectrum, and Women of Color magazines, and is founder and presenter of three national events: the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference, the Minorities in Research Science Conference, and the National Women of Color Technology Awards Conference. CCG is also founder and national coordinator of three public awareness campaigns to increase minorities' interest in technology: Black Family Technology Awareness Week, La Familia Technology Week, and the Native American Family Technology Journey.
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