Edward FortHBCUsHBCUs in America’s high-tech future – Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesBy the year 2010, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF), this country will need to produce 11,000 Ph.D.s in engineering and science annually. Concurrently, the annual Ph.D. shortfall could be about 9,600 by the year 2000.July 14, 2007Page 1 of 1