INNOVATION & EQUITY
For most of the past century, American governments, pension funds and universities have underwritten the development of cutting edge technologies.
The people who make that largess possible deserve the opportunity to compete for the jobs and contracts made possible through technological advances.
Otherwise, the source of capital will dry out.
For nine years, the Silicon Ceiling series has explored equal opportunity and high technology. It has been quoted on Capital Hill and in major news media.
For executives and human resources practitioners, it gives useful benchmarking data to judge the performance of diversity and recruitment and retention efforts.
For policy makers, it shows the return from making investments in research and innovation.
In combination with our new documentary Freedom Riders of the Cutting Edge and The Black Students Internet Guide, Silicon Ceiling provides the impetus to cause families and workers to focus their career choices on the cutting edge, high wage jobs of the future.
On the cover are two products patented by blacks who worked at Fairchild Semiconductor in the 1960s, evidence of the impact of our talent. The topic of Innovation and Equity will drive the national agenda beginning with the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology Jan. 15, 2010.
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