Published: March 18, 2005
SURVEY REVEALS 52 TOP CORPORATE SUPPORTERS OF BLACK ENGINEERING SCHOOLS
The Boeing Company Leads the List
Baltimore, MD (BlackNews.com) - A third annual survey by US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine has found that 52 private-sector organizations are considered most supportive of the nation's historically Black engineering schools.
Participants in the survey were the deans of the 10 ABET-accredited, historically Black college and university (HBCU) engineering programs; the dean of engineering of historically Black Jackson State University; and the executive director of the corporate-academic alliance Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering (AMIE). The questionnaire asked the deans to list the 10 companies they feel contribute most to their schools' institutional missions. AMIE was asked what companies provide the most support to Black engineering schools. In all, 52 companies were named as Top Supporters.
Tyrone D. Taborn, editor in chief of USBE&IT and chairman and CEO of the magazine's publisher, Career Communications Group, Inc. (CCG), says, "Doing this the third time around, we are consistently finding many corporations 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 Corporate America.
"One of the reasons we received a tremendous response from our readers to our last two surveys is that people care. Black students and professionals want to know more about what these companies are doing for their colleges. People want to work for a company that is committed to their community."
Seven survey respondents ranked The Boeing Company as a Top Supporter. In close second with five mentions each were Raytheon Company and last year's most-named organization, Lockheed Martin Corporation. General Motors Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Sprint Communications Company L.P., and United Technologies Corporation finished third with four mentions each. Corning Incorporated and Xerox Corporation each was named by three respondents.
Eight organizations received two mentions: DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Ford Motor Company, PPG Industries, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, UGS Corp., and Verizon Communications.
The following organizations each received one mention: IBM, 3M Company, Abbott, ADTRAN, Inc., Alabama Power Company, BarrierMed, Inc., The Black & Decker Corporation, BWXT Y-12, Career Communications Group, Inc., Caterpillar Inc., CenterPoint Energy Inc., ChevronTexaco Corp., ConocoPhillips Company, Cummins Inc., Delon Hampton & Associates Chartered, Dominion, The Dow Chemical Company, Duke Energy Corporation, EDS, General Electric Company, HDR Inc., Jacobs Sverdrup (A Subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.), Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Progress Energy, Rolls-Royce, Shell, Southern Company, Tennessee Valley Authority, Texas Instruments Incorporated, UPS, and The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.
Taborn stresses, "This list is important for two reasons. First, the schools we've surveyed here graduate one-third of the Black students who receive engineering degrees in the U.S. each year. And, second, for many years, Corporate America's relationship with HBCUs and non-HBCUs has not been equitable. Corporate 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 Black colleges. The total amount of corporate support Black schools receive does not reflect the level of service they provide in producing engineering talent for the nation."
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 magazine, Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine, Science Spectrum magazine, and CCG's Women of Color Magazine, and is founder and presenter of three national events: the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference, the Science Spectrum Magazine Conference on Minorities in Research Science, and the National Women of Color Technology Awards Conference. CCG also is 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.
A listing of the 2005 Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools follows.
The Top Corporate Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2005
(Ranked by Number of Survey Mentions)
List of Top Supporters Ranking
The Boeing Company 1
Lockheed Martin Corporation 2
Raytheon Company 2
General Motors Corporation 3
Hewlett-Packard Company 3
Northrop Grumman Corporation 3
Sprint Communications Company L.P. 3
United Technologies Corporation 3
Corning Incorporated 4
Xerox Corporation 4
DaimlerChrysler Corporation 5
Eli Lilly and Company 5
Exxon Mobil Corporation 5
Ford Motor Company 5
PPG Industries, Inc. 5
The Procter & Gamble Company 5
UGS Corp. 5
Verizon Communications 5
IBM 6
3M Company 6
Abbott 6
ADTRAN, Inc. 6
Alabama Power Company 6
BarrierMed, Inc. 6
The Black & Decker Corporation 6
BWXT Y-12 6
Career Communications Group, Inc. 6
Caterpillar Inc. 6
CenterPoint Energy Inc. 6
ChevronTexaco Corp. 6
ConocoPhillips Company 6
Cummins Inc. 6
Delon Hampton & Associates Chartered 6
Dominion 6
The Dow Chemical Company 6
Duke Energy Corporation 6
EDS 6
General Electric Company 6
HDR Inc. 6
Jacobs Sverdrup 6
Johnson & Johnson 6
Medtronic, Inc. 6
Merck & Co., Inc. 6
Microsoft Corporation 6
Progress Energy 6
Rolls-Royce 6
Shell 6
Southern Company 6
Tennessee Valley Authority 6
Texas Instruments Incorporated 6
UPS 6
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company 6
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