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The Atlanta University Center Consortium, Inc. has facilitated pathways to engineering for its member institutions through its Dual Degree Engineering Program (DDEP) since 1969.
The Atlanta University Center Consortium, Inc. has facilitated pathways to engineering for its member institutions through its Dual Degree Engineering Program (DDEP) since 1969.
In 1969, the historically Black colleges forming the AUC entered an agreement with Georgia Institute of Technology Dual Degree in Engineering. At the start of the partnership with GA Tech, Blacks represented less than 1 percent of engineers in the American workforce. This unique partnership was formed to build academic centers of excellence for Black students to increase the number of minorities in science and technology.
In the same year, the AUC DDEP received its first major grant of $265,000 from the Olin Mathieson Charitable Trust. These funds initiated the Georgia Institute of Technology/AUCC partnership for developing Black engineers, the first collaboration with a Predominantly White Institution with a Historically Black College/University. Dr. John Hope, credited as the visionary for the AUCC upon its creation in 1929, provided the inspiration for the program’s inception and success.
Our initiatives to add value to the AUC and dual degree engineering efforts
Recently, to add value to the AUC and dual degree engineering efforts, the AUCC has made the following initiatives.
This will be achieved through initiatives that imbody the institutes four outcomes of increased innovation, diversity, engagement, and achievement. These outcomes are expected to lead to a vibrant engineering community in the AUC and among similar liberal arts institutions centered around dual degree engineering education.