Strategic Snapshot Filter

Advocating for U.S. Competitiveness

Intel believes that it is critical for the U.S. to maintain its lead in technical innovation, built on excellence in math and science. Innovation drives our standard of living and keeps the U.S. competitive. As Chairman of the Board of Intel, Dr. Craig Barrett has been personally committed to ensuring that the U.S. bolster the innovation pipeline by attracting more students, including women and underrepresented minorities, to pursue science, math, and engineering in school and in their careers.

Innovations in Technology Through Partners In Learning

Microsoft launched Partners in Learning (PIL) in 2003 to partner with government and education leaders at the national, state and local levels to deliver a portfolio of curricula, tools and resources designed to advance 21st-century teaching, learning and digital inclusion. Recognizing that a country’s ability to compete in the global economy rests on its most important resource — an educated and skilled workforce—Microsoft’s decision to launch PIL was born from a desire to demonstrate good corporate citizenship while staying true to Microsoft’s core competencies as a technology company.

Growing the Next Generation of Innovators

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a national partnership program that brings together local schools, higher education institutions and the private sector to promote pre-engineering education in middle and high school. PLTW provides pre-engineering courses for students in participating schools in hopes of yielding a bigger, better-trained and technology-savvy employee pipeline.

Ensuring a Highly-Skilled Workforce for the Future of Texas

Texas Instruments (TI), a global semiconductor company and designer and supplier of digital signal processing and analog technologies, has a long and successful track record of strategic corporate philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy in the area of public education. TI recognizes the need to prepare students for careers that require proficiency and competency in math and science skills to ensure a workforce that can continue to move technological research and development forward in the U.S.