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High Hispanic Enrollment Schools Spend $888 Million on Tech R&D
In 2007, federal funding of academic science and engineering R&D didn’t
outpace inflation again. But a total of $888 million was spent on R&D
at high-Hispanic-enrollment institutions in FY 2007, got a combined $1.3 billion
in public funding for science R&D according to data from the Survey of
Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges. The
top-spending high-Hispanic-enrollment institution in FY 2007 was the University
of New Mexico ($177 million).
Aug 25, 2008, 12:35
National News
Raising STEM Achievement … It Takes a Village
If it takes a village to raise a child, it’ll take as many to raise Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) achievement in the United States. That was the theme of a congressional hearing held July 22 to examine how business-education partnerships can help drive innovation and strengthen math and science education in America’s schools.
Jul 28, 2008, 14:51
National News
Why Women Quit Technology Careers
In this month's Harvard Business Review, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Carolyn Buck Luce
and Lisa J. Servon describe the Athena
project their research examining career trajectories of such women. Hewlett,
founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy in New York, told Kathleen
Melymuka about what they learned.
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Jun 30, 2008, 13:07
National News
Pitney Bowes Earns Four Diversity Leadership Awards
Pitney Bowes, a mailstream technology company that helps organizations manage
the flow of information, mail, documents and packages, announced that it has
been named to the 2008 Best Diversity Companies list by Diversity/Careers in
Engineering and Information Technology. The readers’ choice award is based on
Pitney Bowes’ support of minorities and women, its attention to work-life
balance and commitment to supplier diversity.
Jun 27, 2008, 16:59
National News
Taking the LEAD for Engineering Students
What do high school students interested in engineering need and want? Access
to scholarships and opportunities. Hearing the call, Google and Dupont, one of
the world's most dynamic science companies, have signed on to sponsor the first
LEAD Summer Engineering Institutes for academically strong high school students
of color at Georgia Tech and the University of California-Berkeley. The aim is
to introduce students to careers in engineering. “High school is the ideal time
to introduce students to engineering careers by challenging them with hands-on
lab experiences and team-based project work,” says Don P. Giddens, dean of
Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering.
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Jun 3, 2008, 17:21
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