Lack Of Black Tech Professionals Hurts U.S., Bill Gates Says
Posted on: January 20th, 2008
A recent study says that less than 10% of graduates of computer science programs in the U.S. are black — a fact that will contribute to a shortage of technology professionals in the years ahead,Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) chairman Bill Gates said.
“The United States is not turning out from any group as many of the great engineers as there will be jobs for,” said Gates, who added that blacks are particularly underrepresented in the tech industry because high school dropout rates in the black community exceed 50%.