Technology in Higher Ed - Special Report

Black Issues in Higher Education, March 13, 2003

* The Top 10 Best Places to Work in IT, 2002

(1) University of Miami

(2) State Farm Insurance Cos.

(3) Avon Products Inc.

(4) Fannie Mae

(5) Cabot Corp.

(6) The Home Depot Inc.

(7) Harrah's Entertainment Inc.

(8) The Reader's Digest Association Inc.

(9) Comerica Inc.

(10) National Information Solutions Cooperative

SOURCE: WWW.COMPUTERWORLD.COM

U.S. Tech Employment Grew Slightly in 2000

* U.S. high-tech employment totaled 5.6 million jobs in 2001, up just 1 percent from 5.5 million in 2000.

* High-tech manufacturing industry employment fell by 3 percent, losing 65,000 jobs between 2000 and 2001.

* Electronic components and accessories, communications equipment, consumer electronics, and computers and office equipment manufacturing all lost jobs between 2000 and 2001.

Cyberstates Lost Tech Jobs in 2001

* California, Texas, New York, Massachusetts and Florida led the nation in high-tech employment.

* Texas, Minnesota, South Dakota, Indiana and Utah lost the greatest number of tech jobs in 2001.

* California, Kansas, Virginia, Oregon and New Jersey added the greatest number of tech jobs between 2000 and 2001.

* Colorado led the nation in concentration of high-tech workers in 2001.

* Unemployment rates for computer programmers jumped to 3.7% in 2001, up from 1.7% in 2000.

* U.S. electronics exports dropped 15% in 2001 to $189 billion.

* U.S. high-tech venture capital declined by 60% in 2001.

* California remained the nation's leading cyberstate with nearly 1 million tech workers.

* Virginia jumped to 6th place in tech employment in 2001, moving up from 9th place in 1995.

* Kansas was the second fastest growing tech state in 2001, adding 6,800 technology workers.

SOURCE:HTTP://WWW.AEANET.ORG/PUBLICATIONS/IDM K_CYBERSTATES2002_BROCHURE.ASP

AEA: ADVANCING THE BUSINESS OF TECHNOLOGY CYBERSTATES 2002--A STATE-BY-STATE OVERVIEW OF THE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

* Growth of technology jobs in California slowed by 90 percent in 2001--California companies created 12,400 new tech positions after adding 113,000 in 2001.

* Nationwide, the growth rate fell by 82%.

* High-tech employment grew 1.3% in California and 1.5% nationwide according to the American Electronics Association.

* California is fifth in tech worker density, with 78 techies for every 12,000 private sector workers, ranking behind Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Virginia.

* California's tech workers were the second-highest paid in the nation, after Washington state, as of 2000. The average annual paycheck for a California tech worker was $99,175 and for a Washington tech worker it was $118,252.

* California's high-tech exports fell 17%, losing $11.5 billion, but tech exports for the United States fell by 6%.

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.SFTGATE.COM/CGI- N/ARTICLE.CGI?F=/C/A/2002/06/26/BU24074.DTLSFGATE.COM--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

SOURCE: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

HTTP://WWW.NSF.GOV/BFA/BUD /FY2003/BUDGET_4.PDF

Some Targets of NSF Funding--FY 2003 Budget Request to U.S. Congress

PGE--Program for Gender Equity:

* Funded at $10.51 million in science, mathematics, engineering and technology, committed to maintaining and developing interest, knowledge and involvement of girls and young women in these fields.

ATE--Advanced Technological Education program:

* Improves technological education at the undergraduate and secondary school levels, is $38.16 million, a $950,000 decrease from FY 2002. ATE supports activities such as curriculum development, preparation and professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers, and internships and field experiences for faculty, teachers and students. With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the program focuses on the education of technicians for high-technology fields.