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STEM Jobs Outlook Strong, but Collaboration Needed to Fill Jobs
Credit: Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
U.S. businesses are in a Catch-22. They've got plenty of jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math — STEM — ready to fill. Unfortunately, the supply of STEM workers isn't meeting businesses' needs.
The gap is baffling. A U.S. Department of Commerce report shows that in the past decade STEM jobs grew at three times the rate of non-STEM jobs, and that STEM workers have greater job stability. The rest of this decade promises to be a bull market for STEM job seekers.
STEM educators need to parlay the encouraging results of the DoC report and continue to prepare students for careers in fields that foster breakthroughs and solutions that directly address global challenges.
It's a two-way street, though. A STEM degree is the conventional path to a STEM job. However, less than half of high school graduates are ready for college-level math, and under a third are prepared for college-level science, according to the ACT (American College Testing) Condition of College & Career Readiness report.
From U.S.News & World Report
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