NACME President Calls for Increased Minority Participation in STEM

In a recent "Washington Post" commentary, Irving Pressley McPhail, President of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, calls upon business leaders and policy-makers to focus more on increased participation by under-represented minorities and women in STEM education and career fields in order to optimize American competitiveness in the global marketplace.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012805974.html

On a related note, according to "Inside Higher Ed," Howard University has reduced its offerings by 71 out of 171 undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs to focus more on STEM-related, Africana, and diaspora studies.  http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/01/howard_university_spares_philosophy_and_african_studies_the_axe_but_guts_or_changes_71_others