Barrier Busters! - STEM Equity Pipeline屏障破坏！干股权管道.ppt

expanding options for women and girls in science, technology, engineering and science Increasing the Diversity of the STEM Workforce Your Name Date Location Why Do We Need to Encourage Students to Study Science Engineering? In the last 50 years, more than half of America’s sustained economic growth was fueled by engineers, scientists and advanced-degree technologists, a mere 5% of America’s 132 million-person workforce. (1) Twenty-five percent of our scientists and engineers will reach retirement age by 2010. (1) By the year 2050, 85% of the entrants into the workforce will be people of color and women. (2) In 2003, women were 26.1% of all STEM occupations. In 2004, African Americans and Hispanics were 6.2% and 5.3% of all STEM occupations respectively. (3) The National Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that our greatest needs will be in computer-related fields that propel innovation across the economy. (1) Female bachelors degree recipients dropped from 37% in 1985 to 27% in 2003. (2) Why Do We Care if Women and Minorities Become Engineers and Scientists? As a consequence of a lack of diversity we pay an opportunity cost, a cost in designs not thought of, in solutions not produced. Source: Dr. Bill Wulf, Past President, National Academy of Engineering If we do not engage women and minorities in the engineering enterprise, we are ignoring more than 50% of America’s intellectual talent. What Science Courses Are U.S. High School Students Taking? 2004 What Mathematics Courses Are U.S. High School Students Taking? 2004 Trends in NAEP Math Scores by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, Age 17, 1973-2004 Males Far More Likely to Plan to Major in Technical Fields Than Are Females Minorities in Engineering at the 2-Year Level: Degrees Granted Bachelor’s Degrees Granted by Engineering Discipline 2005 Women Increasing Their Share of Some STEM Bachelor’s Degree Fields Women as a Percentage of Selected Occupations in 2005 Minorities as a Percentage of Selected Occupations