Higher Education Initiative
The Annual Business Case Competition was established in 2002 and is now supported by Exxon Mobil Corporation. ExxonMobil has a long history of supporting programs to improve the teaching and learning of math and science.
MBA student teams compete for $45K in scholarships by writing business strategies for an assigned business case. The three top finalist teams present their business cases to a panel of executive judges to determine final rankings. To date, more than 200 student teams from colleges and universities across the country have taken part including teams from the University of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard University, University of Michigan, Stanford and Harvard.
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The National Essay Competition is supported by its founding and continuing sponsor, The Coca-Cola Company. Annually, the competition provides 10 scholarships and mentoring opportunities to undergraduate students who write award-winning essays on an assigned business topic. Awardees also take part in weeklong Honors Symposiums held in New York City and Washington, DC with Council members and senior corporate executives at companies such as American Express, AXA Financial, Citigroup, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, MTV Networks, and Sony LP. More than 100 students have won scholarships since the program’s founding in 1995, and more than 3,000 students have participated in the competition overall.
The Technology Transfer Project (TTP) was created in 1996 in response to the explosive growth and new business in the field of information technology. The TTP is designed to assist historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in preparing graduates to compete for leadership and management positions in a corporate environment that demands a high level of technological efficiency and sophistication. The TTP offers HBCUs assistance with networking capacity and infrastructure building, information and communication technology (ICT) strategic planning, faculty and student ICT development, and help in integrating technology into the teaching and learning process. The TTP has published A Ten-Step Guide to Establishing Instructional Technology and the Information and Communication Technology Strategic Planning Model, as well as other documents to assist HBCUs in this evolution. Click here to visit the (TTP) Website.
During the past 11 years, TTP corporate sponsors have included Booz, Allen & Hamilton, DaimlerChrysler, IBM, Kellogg Corporation, Oracle, The Coca Cola Foundation, and Williams. In 2005, thanks to the support of IBM, the Technology Transfer Project–Phase 2 was launched. The objectives of this cross-disciplinary transformative initiative are to enable institutions with labs and instructional materials to deploy instructor enablement initiatives; initiate communities of practice; link institutions via a hosted virtual-learning network; provide capability for live virtual classes, virtual labs and self-paced learning; and facilitate real-time, cross-institution collaboration between students and instructors. Institutions currently participating in Phase 2 of the Technology Transfer Project are Alabama A&M University, Hampton University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, Morehouse College, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina Central University, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Tennessee State, and Tuskegee Universities.
