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Initiative Sponsors(s): TTP Phase 2, IBM
TTP Phase 1, Amoco, Booz Allen Hamilton,
DaimlerChrysler, Oracle
In keeping with its commitment to preparing future
African American corporate executives, The Executive
Leadership Foundation has developed the Technology Transfer
Project (TTP), a program designed to facilitate the
acquisition, implementation, and utilization of information
and communication technology (ICT) at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The Technology Transfer Project (TTP) assists HBCUs in their quest to
prepare their students for both personal and professional
success in the technologically-driven 21st Century. Many
HBCUs currently lag significantly behind majority
institutions in taking advantage of technological advances.
The TTP offers select HBCUs:
- ICT strategic planning,and
- ICT consultation, a framework for implementing
instructional technology, faculty and student
development opportunities.
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TTP
Mission Statement
The Technology Transfer Project's primary mission is to assist HBCUs
in preparing their graduates to compete for management and leadership
positions in a corporate environment that is more and more affected
by and dependent on technology.
The TTP seeks
to promote awareness among HBCU faculty and students of the
technology tools that are used in the workplace and to encourage the
use of that knowledge to make the classroom a laboratory to gain
experience with those tools. To that end, the TTP facilitates both
the acquisition of enabling technology components and the
development of human resources with the capacity to conceptualize,
plan, and implement technology-based learning aids. It is the human
component, after all, that must exploit the technologies to provide
maximum benefit in the learning environment. The Technology Transfer
Project recognizes that technology projects often fail because of
the lack of attention to human readiness. It is perhaps, the
emphasis on the human element of launching technology that makes the
TTP unique.
Partnerships
have been developed with the following industry and organizational
partners.
- Booz,
Allen & Hamilton: Information and Communication Technology
Strategic Planning Model
- IBM:
Cross Disciplinary Infusion of On Demand Technology into the
Curricula
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