Educating our bright talented youth about the opportunities available to them in Information Technology is as much a challenge of undoing misinformation as anything else. The misnomer that IT does not deserve to be a field of choice is refuted by simple straightforward facts:
3 of the Top 10 fastest growing occupations are in IT. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
7 of the Top 10 Careers of this Decade (2002-2012) are computer-related. (US Dept of Labor CareerInfoNet)
4 of the Top 10 fastest wage/salary growth positions are in IT (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Cincinnati has the most Fortune 500 firms per capita than any other city (Wall Street Journal)
FEEDBACK
FROM THE 2007
SUMMER IT CAMPS!
Changing the lives and perspectives of 80 of Cincinnati's
brightest young minds!
For four weeks starting on July 16th, twenty graduating 10th graders each week
got to experience a deep dive into the world of Information Technology at some
of the Greater Cincinnati region's leading employers.
The students were nominated by their high schools for a wide variety of reasons,
each responding to the request from the INTERalliance for students "who
would get the most out of being shown what's available right here in Cincinnati
in the way of career opportunities in IT."
The 80 students were selected from 16 local college-prep high schools, including
Cincinnati Country Day, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Cincinnati Christian
Schools, Hughes Center HS, Indian Hill HS, Mount Notre Dame HS, Mother of Mercy
High School, St. Henry's District High School, St. Ursula Academy, St. Xavier
HS, Summit Country Day School, Sycamore High School, Ursuline Academy, Walnut
Hills HS, Western Hills University High School, Withrow University High School.
Sixty-five percent of the nominated students were young women! Read More
