In order to remain competitive in the world economy the U.S. Department of Labor states that 1.5 million technology professionals will be needed here in the U.S. Furthermore, IBM states that in this decade “…one out of four jobs will be in information technology.” Strangely enough there has been a decline in technology related course enrollment. Of all students graduating from computer science programs in the U.S., Latinos represent 3.9 percent.
Friday, IBM, Florida International University and the University of Miami are to launch a program to encourage young people, especially Hispanics, to consider careers in engineering and information technology.
Called “LA Grid,” the initiative is to work to increase number of Hispanic students entering the technology industry by pairing them with IBM mentors and providing opportunities to work on research and development projects with Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM.
“Currently, there is a great opportunity for Hispanics in the technology industry,” IBM said.
Via / Bizjournals.com
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1 Response to High Demand for Latino Technology Professionals
HispanicPundit
December 14th, 2005 at 1:02 am
This is great news!!! I am a big believer that latinos would be much better at the math and sciences than the social sciences and humanities.
Writing is more difficult for those of us who grew up with english as a second language, and most latinos I know, find that math comes easy to them.
So again, three cheers for engineering.