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Rising to the STEM Challenge
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As many as 3 million jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) could go unfilled in the United States by 2018 because there are not enough highly skilled workers, and the skills shortage would put the nation at a competitive disadvantage, according to the National Math + Science Initiative. The country could head off the STEM crisis by helping to expose students, especially girls and minorities, to STEM subjects early, and surrounding them with a community of STEM professionals.
Qualified teachers must be recruited and provided with a means of developing into effective instructors. The United States will need more than 100,000 STEM teachers over the next decade, according to the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. The authors of the report say the nation needs to focus on two complementary goals to meets its STEM needs.
"We must prepare all students, including girls and minorities who are underrepresented in these fields, to be proficient in STEM subjects," they note. "And we must inspire all students to learn STEM and, in the process, motivate many of them to pursue STEM careers."
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