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