There are three major forces that will create enormous global transformation over the next 10 years. The first is population growth. There are 7 billion people today, and it is estimated that, by 2020, there will be about 8 billion people on the Earth. More than 95 percent of these additional people will live in cities, and there will be more than 60 cities with at least 5 million inhabitants. The sheer numbers of people are creating unprecedented challenges of energy consumption, waste management, water supply, infrastructure and traffic management.
Discussion: STEM Learning No Longer Optional
October 5th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Help Young Latinos Succeed in STEM Fields
October 3rd, 2012 by Brad Graham
The recent Mars landing of NASA’s rover Curiosity — and the stunning images it is sending back from the Red Planet — will hopefully inspire a generation of students entering college this fall to pursue an education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Yet for many students — particularly Latinos — those very valuable STEM degrees remain out of reach, practically ensuring that America’s growth in these important fields is stifled.
Register for the STEM RESULTS Town Hall – October 2nd!
October 1st, 2012 by Brad Graham
Please join us via WebEx for the National STEM RESULTS Town Hall on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET. The STEM RESULTS Town Hall will feature representatives from 14 major STEM Education, Diversity, Youth Women’s & Girls, and Professional Societies who will discuss their participation in the STEMconnector® / ASTRA STEM Results Project that I described to you several weeks ago. Please register ASAP by visiting the registration page, containing program and scheduling details.
Why the Internet Isn’t Going to End College As We Know It
September 29th, 2012 by Brad Graham
The idea that the Internet is about to do to college what it’s done to journalism and entertainment seems to be coming dangerously close to conventional wisdom in certain elite circles. Here’s blogger/economist Tyler Cowen yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival: Look at the music industry. It’s been completely overturned by the Internet. My vision of the world is that everywhere will be like the music industry, but we’ve only seen it in a few places so far. Journalism is in the midst of the battle. And higher education is probably next.
STEM Visa Bill Rejected: What it Means for the United States
September 27th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Even though a bill granting U.S. visas to foreigners who completed advanced science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degrees received a majority vote in the House of Representatives, it failed to achieve the needed two-thirds majority to meet approval.
The State of STEM and Jobs
September 24th, 2012 by Brad Graham
A year ago, U.S.News & World Report launched a special project to examine the problem of why, at a time of high unemployment, there are so many jobs going unfilled. The answer: American workers lack the necessary skills for those jobs. We came to summarize this as the STEM problem and called our project “STEM Solutions.” STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math, and it is the lack of skills in those subject areas that is behind many of the nation’s vacant jobs today—and the prospect of considerably more in the next few years.
The Top 10 Cities, Jobs, and Employers for Computer Science Grads
September 18th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Earlier this year, we chronicled the career paths of 21 recent University of Washington computer science and engineering graduates, asking them about their future employers and what gets them excited
Record-setting Female Astronaut Takes Command of Space Station
September 18th, 2012 by Brad Graham
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who holds the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman, took charge of the International Space Station Saturday
