Solving America’s Innovation Problem

The Sleeping Dragon is Waking

June 29, 2011

Educating the Workforce of the Future

Gender Gap in US Colleges

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Women account for 57% of college students

Women earn 57% of college degrees; men 43%

Women account for 60% of graduate students

College Majors and Gender (2007)Men dominate bachelor’s degrees in some fields •81% in engineering•81% in computer science•79% in physics

Women are stronger in other fields •77% in psychology•60% in biological sciences•50% in agricultural sciences•50% in chemistry

Women comprise almost half of the US workforce but only 27% of the science and engineering workforce4

STEM Dependent Careers• 182,000 science and engineering workers in 1950;

5.5 million in 2007

• Annual growth rate of 6.2%, nearly 4 times the 1.6% growth rate for the total workforce

• Impending retirement of baby boomers may create even greater demand

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STEM Capable Careers

Thirty occupations slated for the fastest growth between 2008 and 2018 nearly all demand considerable quantitative literacy and technical STEM knowledge whether to fulfill pre-service training requirements or for on-the-job learning.

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Average Math & Science Credits by Gender

High School Graduation Year

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-.01* 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2* 0.1

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7.5

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5.5

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FemaleFemale

Credit Gap

1999-2009

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NAEP Math Achievement Gap: White/Black Students

Scale Score

WhiteGapBlack

Grade 8

Scale Score

Grade 4

WhiteGapBlack

500

275

225

175

0

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1990 1992 1996 2000 2003 2005 2007no n

NAEP Math Achievement Gap: White/Hispanic Students

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Grade 8Scale Score

Scale Score

Grade 4

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275

225

175

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1990 1992 1996 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009no n

National average

Percentage of PK-12 public school students

1989 1999 2009

100

80

60

40

20

0

White Black Hispanic Other

6861

55

17 17 1511

1622

4 5 8

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Engineering in K-12• Over the 1990s, less than 6 million students

received formal engineering education– 56 million students enrolled in 2008

• 18K teachers received training in engineering education

STEM

Educate to Innovate• Improve participation and performance of America’s

students in STEM• Mobilize the business community to improve the

quality of STEM learning in the US

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Craig BarrettFormer CEO/Chair, Intel

Glenn BrittCEO, Time Warner Cable

Ursula BurnsCEO, Xerox

William GreenChairman, Accenture

Antonio PerezCEO, Kodak

Sally RideCEO, Sally Ride Science

Rex TillersonCEO, Exxon Mobil

Organizational Goals• Improving STEM teaching at all grade levels, with a larger &

more diverse cadre of highly-capable and inspirational STEM teachers

• Inspiring student appreciation & excitement for STEM programs & careers to increase success & achievement in school & opportunities for a collegiate education, especially among females & students of color

• Achieving a sustained commitment to improving STEM education from business leaders, government officials, STEM educators & other stakeholders through innovation, communication, collaboration & data-based decision making

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What defines Success?• Corporate members strengthen philanthropy in

STEM learning for youngsters in grades preK-12– Independent, non-partisan, non-profit voice engaged

in public/private partnerships • Help corporate members strengthen their advocacy,

especially at the state and local level– Connect with like-minded leaders and create a

significantly greater impact than would be possible for individual corporations in isolation

• Ensure accountability for results

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First Year Activities • Snapshot of the STEM investments

• Design Principles for effective philanthropy– Mentoring and collaboration– Searchable database– Characteristics and rubrics

• 100 new sites for handful of effective programs

• State-by-state STEM Vital Signs

• Well-conceived communication strategy16

Featured Programs• Advanced Placement Training and Incentive• Career Ladders• Engineering is Elementary• FIRST • K-8 Math Progressions• National Academy Foundation• UTeach

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What is Engineering?%

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APTIP Female Results – Cohort I

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The percent increase in AP math and science exams passed by female students in Cohort I of NMSI program schools is over 12 times the national average.

Corporate Members91. SpaceX92. State Farm Insurance93. Stellar Solutions94. Symantec95. Synopsys96. Teradata 97. Tesla Motors98. Texas Instruments99. ThermoFisher Scientific100. Time Warner Cable *101. United Launch Alliance102. United Space Alliance103. United Technologies104. Univision Communications105. Verizon106. Vernier Software & Technology107. Viacom108. Virgin Galactic109. Wireless Generation110. Xerox *

* Founding/Board Member

1. A123 Systems2. Accenture*3. Activision Publishing4. The Aerospace Corporation5. Agilent Technologies6. Alcoa7. AMD Foundation8. Amgen9. Applied Materials10. Archer Daniels Midland11. AT & T12. Aurora Flight Sciences13. Autodesk14. BAE Systems15. Ball Aerospace & Technologies16. Battelle17. Baxter International18. Bayer19. Bechtel20. Boeing21. Cardinal Health22. Carolina Biological23. Caterpillar 24. Causecast25. Celgene26. Chevron27. Cisco28. Cognizant29. Comcast30. Corning

31. Dell32. Deloitte33. Dreamworks34. Discovery Communications35. Dow Chemical36. DuPont37. Eaton 38. E-line Media39. Eli Lilly and Company 40. EMC241. Epic Games42. Ernst & Young43. ExxonMobil *44. Facebook45. Fluor 46. Ford Motor47. GE48. GlaxoSmithKline49. Google50. Hitachi, Ltd51. HP52. Honeywell53. IBM54. Intel *55. JP Morgan Chase56. Knowledge Universe57. Eastman Kodak *58. LMI Aerospace59. Lockheed Martin60. McKinsey & Company

61. McKinstry62. Medtronic63. Merck64. Microsoft65. MITRE 66. Motorola67. Nature Publishing Group68. The Nielsen Company69. Northrop Grumman 70. Ogilvy Public Relations71. Oracle72. PASCO Scientific73. Prescription Solutions74. PricewaterhouseCoopers75. Procter & Gamble76. Promethean77. Qualcomm78. RAND79. Raytheon80. Rockwell Collins 81. SAS82. Sally Ride Science *83. Sambra Energy84. Samsung85. Schlumberger Limited86. Sempra Energy87. Siemens88. SMART Tech89. Sony Pictures90. Space Systems / Loral

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