Study shows that the impact of science on family life is not just a woman’s problem; the effect on life satisfaction of having fewer children than desired is more pronounced for male than female faculty, with life satisfaction strongly related to career satisfaction.
Foreign-Born Getting STEM Degrees at Higher Rates
November 28th, 2011 by Rich Feller
Census data shows foreign-born Americans are earning STEM degrees in disproportionately large numbers, compared to the native-born U.S. population
2011 National Survey of School Counselors
November 28th, 2011 by Rich Feller
Counseling at a Crossroads, finds a huge gap between the perspectives of school counselors and the realities they deal with on a daily basis.
Biomedical Engineering Junior Fellow Program
September 3rd, 2011 by Rich Feller
STEM Colleagues at Colorado State University have created a “Junior Fellows” model to get HS students to work on their own integrated biology project.
12 Best HS for STEM Education
September 3rd, 2011 by Rich Feller
Mesmerized by recent visit to Wheeling HS in Illinois, I add it a list of the Best High Schools for STEM Education and a Compendium of Best Practice K-12 STEM Ed programs.
Into Robotics from Computer Science Social Network
September 3rd, 2011 by Rich Feller
Carnegie Mellon develops tool to enable kids to program robots in a game-like environment. Download free version of the Robot Virtual World programming software for home or school use. Test your robots in the virtual world and then use the exact same code to program real robots. http://www.cs2n.org
Preston JHS STEM Camp Video Sells STEM Message
July 30th, 2011 by Rich Feller
Excellent 5 min video explains STEM and models a summer camp worthy of exploring and replicating. Go to This website and use Password: STEM . www.prestonmiddleschool.org or 970-488-7300.
20 Engineers Students Should Know
July 30th, 2011 by Rich Feller
Getting inspired about STEM and Engineering can come from knowing of others who shaped the world…review about these Ingenious 20
