Access Your Potential

Creating inspiring experiences for diverse students, igniting their passion for technology

  • 3

    As of January 2019, only three Fortune 500 CEOs are black; 5% are women. [1]

  • 9%

    Blacks and Hispanics represent only 9% and 7% of all STEM workers in the US, respectively. [2]

  • 2045

    By 2045, the US will become a plurality of racial and ethnic groups. [3]

  • 500,000

    There will be nearly 500,000 new computing-related jobs in the US by 2024. [4]

Let’s get the future ready

Emerging technologies and shifts in demographics are changing the way we work. Through Access Your Potential, PwC is helping build a more diverse, tech-skilled workforce to benefit our firm, our clients and our economy, while contributing to creating a better future for tomorrow's leaders.

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Here’s how we’re helping

Giving teachers a Digital Fitness Assessment App

Thanks to the support of the PwC Charitable Foundation, we're giving teachers access to a customized version of PwC's Digital Fitness App, which includes content specific to teachers in the form of articles, videos and infographics.

Learn more about the app

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Introducing CODE-E

We're bringing our robot to schools around the country to help excite students about how essential technologies can be used in their daily lives.

Providing free, interactive curriculum to teachers

We're offering a free, open-sourced curriculum to educators so they can teach their students about tech topics (including coding, computer programs and data analytics) and financial skills.

Explore our curriculum

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Sources:

[1] “raceAhead: Only Three Black CEOs in the Fortune 500.” Fortune. March 1, 2018. “The Fortune 500 Just Lost Its First and Only Latina CEO.” Fortune. January 14, 2019.
[2] “Diversity in the STEM workforce varies widely across jobs.” Pew Research Center, Social & Democratic Trends. January 9, 2018.
[3] “New Census Bureau Report Analyzes U.S. Population Projections.” United States Census Bureau. March 3, 2015.
[4] “STEM Occupations: Past, Present, And Future.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. January 2017.

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Shannon Schuyler

Chief Purpose and Inclusion Officer, PwC US

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