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Tech Museum of Innovation The Tech Museum of Innovation’s signature program, The Tech Challenge, engages youth in designing innovative solutions to real-world problems. EMC is a sponsor.
VEX Robotics
The VEX Robotics Competition offers unique and challenging games that put high school and middle school students’ engineering and technology skills to the test. In 2009 we sponsored the World Championship and provided grants to more than 50 teams around the world.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Academic Alliance Digital information is growing at a rate of 60 percent per year. While 10 to 15 percent of IT infrastructure jobs are in storage, the discipline is underrepresented in many under- graduate and graduate computer science and IT programs. EMC’s Academic Alliance program enriches university curricula with courses on IT storage and management. This free program is in hundreds of universities around the world, and has educated more than 25,000 students since 2006. The goal is to provide students with knowledge that differentiates them in the IT workforce.
OTHER EDUCATION INITIATIVES Education Policy
The top priority of our social investment strategy is education, and public policy engagement is a key element. We fi rmly believe that effective policies to bring all students to high achievement levels are the best way to invest in society’s future. EMC Chairman, President, and CEO Joe Tucci has been a leader in education reform in the U.S. since 2000.
We believe that STEM education is essential to maintaining a competitive edge in science and technology. In 2009 we joined with business coalitions to release the “Tapping Massachusetts’ Potential” report, with a call to action for Massachusetts to double the number of STEM teachers in grades 7-12, and double the number of STEM bachelor’s degrees granted - both to be achieved by 2020. Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray formed an advisory council, which will create a fi ve-year strategic plan with clearly defi ned goals and objectives, and EMC is a member.
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