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Anthony P. Carnevale — Nicole Smith —


Michelle Melton

 

Released: October 20, 2011

 

Executive Summary Full report STEM Press Release STEM State-level analysis
The STEM report has received major media coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, Inside Higher Ed, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
 
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) occupations are critical to our continued economic competitiveness because of their direct ties to innovation, economic growth, and productivity, even though they will only be 5 percent of all jobs in the U.S. economy by 2018.
 

The disproportionate influence of STEM raises a persistent concern that we are not producing enough STEM workers to compete successfully in the global economy. We find that this concern is warranted—but not for the reasons traditionally claimed. 

The release webinar is available to stream here. You may also download it here. The slides are available here.
 

Did You Know?

Every year, 600,000 qualified students, mostly from low and middle-income families, who graduate in the top half of their high school, do not go on to get a two- or four-year degree in the subsequent eight years.


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