Group Works To Promote Minority IT Education

CNN (11/18, Morales) reports on the efforts of Black Data Processing Associates, "a non-profit organization founded to increase the number of minorities in information technology related industries." The piece profiles an IT professional who the group helped, adding, "Employment in scientific and technical services is projected to add about 2.7 million new jobs by 2018. African-Americans made up 13% of IT jobs, and women made up 25% in 2009, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Janice Cuny, the National Science Foundation's director of computing education, says the low number of minorities and women in science, technology, engineering and math fields is a serious concern."