Project Overview

The Technology Transfer Project (TTP) was created in 1996 in response to the explosive growth and new business in the field of information and communication 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 information and communication technology (ICT) strategic planning, faculty and student ICT development, curriculum 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.

During the past 12 years, TTP corporate sponsors have included Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Chubb Insurance Group, Cisco Systems, Deloitte Consulting, Deloitte Services, DaimlerChrysler, IBM, Kellogg Corporation, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, The Coca Cola Foundation, Williams, and many others.. In 2008, Phase 3 of the Technology Transfer Project was launched. Phase 3 continued and expanded the goals of Phase 2, which were 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, self-paced learning, and facilitate real-time, cross-institution collaboration between students and instructors. The goals of Technology Transfer Project Phase 3 (TTP3) are:

• Facilitate the involvement of additional Council and non-Council corporations.
• Increase the number of actively participating HBCUs.
• Improve the awareness and use of corporate educational programs and platforms.
• Increase the use of the Collaborative Learning Environment.(Learning Management System)
• Facilitate enhanced collaboration between TTP HBCUs as well as TTP Partner Corporations.
• Initiate and develop activities of the TTP that can become self-maintaining or adopted by other organizations serving HBCUs