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<br /> STEM 2.0<br /> An Imperative For<br /> An Imperative for Our Future Workforce<br /> Our Future Workforce<br /> A Publication by<br /> STEMconnector’s Innovation Task Force<br /> PRODUCTION TEAM<br /> Edie Fraser<br /> Chief Executive Officer<br /> STEMconnector®<br /> Tim Edwards<br /> Publication Editor &<br /> Director of Special Projects<br /> STEMconnector®<br /> Tim.Edwards@STEMconnector.org<br /> Lorena Fimbres<br /> Publication Designer &<br /> Chief Business Development Officer<br /> STEMconnector®<br /> Brian Jackson<br /> Director, Strategic Initiatives<br /> STEMconnector®<br /> Arielle Gerstein<br /> Research Associate<br /> STEMconnector®<br /> Giavanni Babb<br /> Associate, Special Projects<br /> STEMconnector®<br /> Fiorella Gil<br /> Graphic Design<br /> Robin Goldberg<br /> Director, Creative Services<br /> Sodexo<br /> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br /><a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=1"> STEM 2.0 An Imperative For </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=2"> PRODUCTION TEAM Edie Fraser Chief Executive Office</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=3"> Table of Contents SECTION 1. The Core Capabili</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=4"> one STEM 2.0 SECTION 1 The Core Capability Plat</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=5"> STEM 2.0: An Imperative for Our Future Workforce </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=6"> SECTION 1. THE CORE CAPABILITY PLATFORMS OF S</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=7"> STEM 2.0.: AN IMPERATIVE FOR OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=8"> STEM 2.0.: AN IMPERATIVE FOR OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=9"> Employability Skills 2.0: Identifying and Develop</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=10"> What are Employability Skills? Employability ski</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=11"> EMPLOyABILITy SKILLS 2.0: IDENTIFyING AND DEVELOP</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=12"> STEM 2.0 Innovation Excellence: A Demand-Side Vie</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=13"> STEM 2.0 INNOVATION EXCELLENCE: A DEMAND-SIDE VIE</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=14"> education. Collaboration is also becoming critica</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=15"> STEM 2.0 INNOVATION EXCELLENCE: A DEMAND-SIDE VIE</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=16"> • Risk avoidance to risk taking. As the d</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=17"> STEM 2.0 INNOVATION EXCELLENCE: A DEMAND-SIDE VIE</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=18"> STEM 2.0: Digital Fluency Balaji Ganapathy SECTIO</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=19"> Rising Tide of Technology Jobs 80% of the Top 10 </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=20"> STEM 2.0: DIGITAL FLUENCy That requires a lev</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=21"> STEMconnector’s Innovation Task Force will then d</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=22"> STEM 2.0 Discipline Specific Hard Skills: Reducing</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=23"> STEM 2.0 DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC HARD SKILLS: “REDUCI</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=24"> Why not combine all “STEM skills” into one “STEM </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=25"> SECTION 2 Viewpoints from the Education Communi</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=26"> Aligning STEM 2.0 with Higher Education Rob Denso</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=27"> workers, and skilled workers desire jobs. When th</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=28"> SECTION 2. VIEWPOINTS FROM THE EDUCATION COMM</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=29"> to close the STEM skills gap, once and for all. </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=30"> STEM 2.0 From the Teaching Perspective Melissa Mo</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=31"> This is an unacceptable reality – we cannot leave</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=32"> Connecting STEM 2.0 to State Education Standards </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=33"> These are commonly based on the analysis of Stanf</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=34"> CONNECTING STEM 2.0 TO STATE EDUCATION STANDARDS </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=35"> Human and Technology Networks Help Students Becom</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=36"> SECTION 2. VIEWPOINTS FROM THE EDUCATION COMM</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=37"> HUMAN AND TECHNOLOGy NETWORKS HELP STUDENTS BECOM</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=38"> three STEM 2.0 SECTION 3 Industry Perspectives </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=39"> Manufacturing 2.0 Drives Innovation The Dow Chemi</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=40"> MANUFACTURING 2.0 DRIVES INNOVATION U.S. lost</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=41"> Manufacturing and innovation are inextrica- bly l</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=42"> MANUFACTURING 2.0 DRIVES INNOVATION • Creat</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=43"> Applying STEM 2.0 To The Agriculture Sector Sherr</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=44"> APPLyING STEM 2.0 TO THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR i</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=45"> agriculture. We need to show students that intere</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=46"> four STEM 2.0 SECTION 4 Regional Outlooks on ST</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=47"> Iowa & STEM 2.0 – Achieving Global Competitivenes</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=48"> SECTION 4. REGIONAL OUTLOOKS ON STEM 2.0 48 </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=49"> forces the need to continue offering such program</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=50"> Next Generation Global STEM Workforce Ana C. Rold</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=51"> depend increasingly on human capital. In turn, a </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=52"> five STEM 2.0 SECTION 5 Moving Forward With the </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=53"> Empowering the Next Generation of STEM Leaders Mi</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=54"> EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEM LEADERS </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=55"> 5. Be a Mentor! Research on mentor-student rel</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=56"> Appendix A: Works Cited ACT. ACT WorkKeys. O</a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=57"> McAward, Tim and Megan Raftery. STEM JOBS CUL- </a> <a title="STEM 2.0&mdash;An Imperative For Our Future Workforce page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/72c49269?page=58"> APPENDIX A. WORKS CITED 60 APPENDIX A: WORKS CI</a>