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Texas Engineering & Technical Consortium

TETC unites industry-academia-government to develop and support collaborative, innovative approaches to graduate more U.S. engineers and computer scientists in Texas.

Simply stated, we are working to reverse current trends to graduate more high-quality engineers and computer scientists who look like Texas. To accomplish this, we are focused on improving: Retention Recruitment Outreach Curriculum

Workforce Worries: A Snapshot

The looming shortage of U.S. engineering and

computer graduates:

Jeopardizes the high-tech industry

Threatens the state and national economy

Risks sending lucrative jobs out of state and overseas

Workforce Worries: What’s at Stake

Today, the Texas high-tech industry1:

Employs 446,000 Texans

Provides a $30.4 billion payroll

Represents 30% of the state’s total exports

Ranks 2nd in nation in high-tech employees & exports

Texas ranked third in undergraduate engineering and

computer science degrees awarded in 20042. (Sources: (1) Cyberstates 2005, American Electronics Association;

(2) 2004 Engineering Workforce Commission report, American Association of Engineering Societies, Inc.)

Workforce Worries: Higher Demand

Nationwide employment for engineers and computer

scientists will grow a projected 36% through 2010. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Retirements loom, with half of the current degreed

engineering and science workforce over the age of 40. (Source: National Science Foundation)

Workforce Worries: Short Supply

Nationally, enrollment in computer science declined by more

than 60 percent just between 2000 and 2004.(Source: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA, 2005)

Fewer than 5% of the 1.1 million high school students taking the ACT in 2002 planned to pursue engineering degrees. Of those: Only 18% were women

Just 13% were African-American

Merely 7% were Hispanic

(Source: Maintaining a Strong Engineering Workforce, ACT policy report, 2003)

Global Competition: U.S. is Slipping

As other nations aggressively seek to surpass the U.S., our nation risks losing our legacy of innovation and global leadership.

China graduates nearly four times the number of engineers as the U.S.

European Union members award 2.5 times the engineering degrees as the U.S.(Source: National Science Foundation, 2000 data)

The number of engineering and science doctoral degrees from 1989-2001 grew:

81% in the United Kingdom 39% in Germany Only 19% in the United States

About half the advanced degrees in engineering and science in the U.S. are awarded to foreign nationals.

(Source: “Losing the Competitive Advantage,” American Electronics Association, 2005)

Your Future: Succumb?

Basic economics predict labor costs will rise in U.S.

Foreign talent may no longer be a safe fallback: U.S. immigration policies

International relationships and conflicts

Opportunities available in homeland

Off-shoring poses long-term threat to national security

Relocation is expensive, impractical, unpopular

Or Take Action:Baylor University Lamar University Midwestern State University Prairie View A & M University Rice University Sam Houston State University Southern Methodist University St. Mary's University Stephen F. Austin State University Tarleton State University Texas A&M University Texas A&M University at Commerce Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi Texas A&M University at Kingsville Texas A&M University at Texarkana Texas Southern University Texas State University - San Marcos Texas Tech University Texas Woman's University University of Houston University of Houston at Clear Lake University of Houston at Downtown University of Houston at Victoria University of North Texas University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Brownsville University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at El Paso University of Texas Pan American University of Texas Permian Basin University of Texas at San Antonio University of Texas at Tyler West Texas A&M University

Proactive Solutions: Reversing Trends

The Texas Engineering & Technical

Consortium is taking action to reverse the

trends and restore the strength of the U.S.

engineering and computer science

workforce in Texas.

Tangible Results: More Graduates

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DegreesNationallyminus Texas

Between 2001-2004, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Degrees Increased at a Significantly Higher Rate at Schools Receiving TETC Grants

Bachelors Degrees at Texas Schools Receiving TETC-TWD Grants2001 (before program began): Awarded 995 computer science degrees & 867 electrical engineering degrees2004 (3rd year of program): Doubled computer science degrees to 2158 & increased electrical engineering degrees to 1123National Information: Engineering Workforce Commission of the AAES, 2004

Percentage Change from

2001-2004

Bachelor’s Degrees

Tangible Results: Helping Students

From 2001-2004, TETC Technology Workforce Development (TWD) Grants benefited:

3,700 students through recruitment efforts 3,900 students through retention efforts 3,400 students through mentoring efforts 800 students through programs aimed at underrepresented students 3,000 potential students and teachers through high school and

community college outreach Many more through curriculum modernization and improvement

TETC-TWD schools have increased the number of electrical engineering graduates by 30 percent since 2001.

TETC-TWD schools have doubled the number of computer science graduations since 2001.

Industry

State of

Texas (THECB)

Higher Education

Performance Measurement &

Oversight

Matching Funds

Proactive Solutions: Strength Through Collaboration

TETC unites intellectual, financial and strategic resources to graduate more high-quality U.S. engineers and computer scientists who look like Texas, through:

Retention

Recruitment

Outreach

Curriculum

Replication of Best Practices

Advisory Board

Proactive Solutions: Where the Money Comes From

Texas Engineering & Technical Consortium

Financials(Updated August 30, 2005)

Industry Cash $4.0 million

Industry In-kind             $1.1 million

Federal Appropriations $4.0 million

State Matching $7.7 million

Total $16.8 million 

Proactive Solutions: Where the Money Goes

TETC Technology Workforce Development Grants 2002-2005

Grant Awards to 25 schools $14.6 million(Grants provided to Texas engineering & computer science programs)

Industry In-Kind Contributions .8 million(Industry donations of lab equipment and software)

Total TETC Grants: $15.4 million

Attracting Students: Enrollment

Enrollment numbers show Texas is doing better than rest of nation:

Enrollment in computer science nationwide declined 60 percent from 2000-2004.

(Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA)

Computer science enrollment at TETC-TWD schools declined 40 percent from 2001-2004.

(Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

After years of decline, electrical engineering enrollment has not lost ground since initiation of TETC.

(Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

But there is much more to do.

TETC companies are determining investment for the

next biennium.

TETC is working on federal appropriations

TETC is working with Governor’s Office on Emerging

Technology Fund Matching

Ongoing industry commitment is the key to maintaining

momentum and continued success

Ongoing Solutions: The Future