Presentation by Dr. Linda Rosen at the 2012 STEM Education Awards in Savannah, Georgia

1. STEM Vital Signs 2012
STEM Education Awards
September 14, 2012
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2. Business Leaders Sound Alarm
• Employers repeatedly say that they cannot find
the STEM talent they need
• Some researchers cite the number of people
graduating with STEM degrees as sufficient to fill
new jobs
- STEM wages aren’t rising fast enough to
signify a scarcity
Is it a lack of qualified talent, a geographic
mismatch and/or a subspecialty mismatch?
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3. STEM Help Wanted in Georgia
Jobseekers outnumbered online job postings by 4.48 people to 1 job
STEM jobs outnumbered unemployed people 2 jobs to 1 person
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4. Growth in STEM Employment
18%
17.0%
STEM Employment
15%
Non-STEM Employment 12%
9.8%
9%
7.9%
6%
2.6% 3%
0%
2000-10 Growth 2008-18 Projected Growth
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5. The 2018 Outlook for Georgia
•Georgia will grow 360,000 jobs that require
some post-secondary training
•Including retirements 1.4 millions jobs vacancies
will be created. Of those, 424,000 will require
some postsecondary training
•58 percent of jobs will require postsecondary
coursework, or 2.8 million jobs overall
•It’s estimated there will be 211,000 jobs in STEM
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6. Earnings in STEM Jobs, 2010
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7. Educating the Future Workforce
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8. Georgia must plug gaps
High School Graduation Rates
Georgia: 67.8% United States: 75.5%
4-year Degree Program Graduation Rates
Georgia: 47.5% United States: 55.5%
2-year Degree Program Graduation Rates
Georgia: 28.5% United States: 29.2%
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9. Gender Gap in US Colleges
Women earn 57% of college
Women account for 57% degrees; men 43%
of college students
Women account for 60% of graduate students
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10. College Majors & Gender
100%
90% 19 19 21
80%
50 50
70% 60
60% 77
50%
40% 81 81 79
30% Female
50 50
20% 40 Male
10% 23
0%
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11. Underrepresented in STEM
Degrees Conferred STEM Degrees
in Georgia Conferred in Georgia,
10.3 by Gender
% STEM
33.2 % Male
% non-
STEM 66.8 % Female
89.7
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12. GA Students Taking AP Tests
50 47 47
45
40
35 Black
30 White
25
18 18
Hispanic
20
15 12 13 12 12 Asian
10
6 6 American Native
5
0
Math Science
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13. AP Passing Rates for GA
70
63
60 58
55
52
50 48 Black
39 White
40
33
30 Hispanic
20 18 Asian
15
10 American
Native
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Math Science
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14. 8th Grade Math: Glass Half Full
Student 2003 NAEP 2011 NAEP Change Most
Group Score Score since 2003 improved
State
All 270 278 +8 +17 (DC)
Low-Income 253 267 +14 +19 (MA)
White 283 291 +7 +17 (HI)
Black 250 262 +12 +19 (NJ)
Hispanic 262 277 +15 + 24 (AR)
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15. Must Close Achievement Gap
P 51
E 46
42
R 40
C White
E 29
N 25
21 Black
T 18
A 15
12 12
G 10 Hispanic
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4th Math 8th Math 4th Science 8th Science
(2011) (2011) (2009) (2011)
Percentage of GA Students Proficient in Math and Science
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16. 8th Grade Proficiency in Science
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17. Time for Science?
Time Spent on Science in Georgia and U.S.
3 3
2.9
2.8 2.9
2.6
2.4 2.6 2.4 2.3
2.2 2.3 2.2
2 Georgia
1.8 U.S.
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
'93-'94 '99-'00 '03-'04 '07-'08
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18. Access to Rigorous Courses
40
Percentage of GA students in schools without
35 college-prep courses
P
e 30
White
r
c 25
Black
e
20
n Hispanic
t 15 28 Asian
a
23 24 24 23
g 10
e 16 18 American
5 11 10 Native
4
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Calculus Physics
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19. Return on Investment
Georgia spends $28,180 per proficient student, putting
it in the fourth quintile nationwide.
State with the highest return on its investment: Utah,
which spends $14,202 per proficient student
State with the lowest return on its investment: D.C.,
which spends $69,442 per proficient student
Smart investments will be necessary as the state
moves forward
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20. Next Frontier for STEM Data
• What STEM skills and knowledge do high-demand jobs
require?
• What is the full cost of college remediation in
mathematics?
• Are courses as challenging as their course titles suggest?
• How effective are teachers in improving student learning
in STEM subjects?
• How effective is professional development for STEM
teachers?
What we don’t know can hurt us.
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21. Change the Equation
• Improve participation and performance of
America’s students in STEM
• Mobilize the business community to improve the
quality of STEM learning in the US
Craig Barrett William Green
Former CEO/Chair, Intel Chairman, Accenture
Glenn Britt Ellen Kullman
CEO, Time Warner Cable CEO, DuPont
Ursula Burns Rex Tillerson
CEO, Xerox CEO, Exxon Mobil
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22. Contact Information
Linda Rosen
lrosen@changetheequation.org
202.626.5740
www.changetheequation.org
Facebook.com/changetheequation
Twitter.com/changeequation
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