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• By 2018, 92 percent of
traditional STEM jobs will be for
those with at least some post-secondary education and training.
• 23 percent of STEM workers are women; however, women
make up 48 percent of workers in
all occupations..
• In 2009, 12 percent of
STEM workers were non-Hispanic
black and Hispanic. But non-Hispanic black and Hispanic individuals accounted for 25 percent of
overall employment.
• Women received 29.6 percent of computer science B.A.'s in
1991, compared to 18.2 percent
in 2010.
• Jobs in computer systems
design and related services, a field
dependent on high-level math
and problem-solving skills, are
projected to grow 45 percent
between 2008 and 2018.
• In 2009, U.S. scientists
fielded nearly 29 percent of
research papers in the most influential journals, compared with 40
percent in 1981. The STEM crisis
is causing a reduction in research,
which restricts growth.
• By 2009, for the first time,
over half of U.S. patents were
awarded to non-U.S. companies
because STEM shortcomings are
forcing a hold on innovation.
Some statistics provided by
National Math Science Initiative. ❏
Gene Suppell
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