One of my last projects before joining College for America at Southern New Hampshire University involved analyzing the tech startups that are flourishing in Brooklyn, New York. The key questions I looked to answer were what kind of employees were these companies looking for, and what kind of education and experience did they need?
The logical assumption would have been that these companies were turning to local colleges and universities for great employees. Instead, when asking where they were finding their new talent, the nearly unanimous answer I received: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). As in the city of Rochester, New York that is more than a subway ride away from Brooklyn.
