STEM Equity Pipeline Achived Webinar Registration

Is the US producing enough STEM capable Students?
STEM: Projections of education demand for the future workforce

Presenter: Nicole Smith, Senior Economist, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

Goals: During the webinar participants will

1. Learn about the state of STEM jobs in the US today and 10 years in the future
2. Understand STEM demand/supply prospects and whether we are meeting the demand
3. Recognize the demand for STEM competencies in various job sectors

Description: Our education system is not producing enough STEM-capable students to keep up with demand in both traditional STEM occupations and other sectors across the economy that demand similar STEM competencies. This webinar discusses the STEM KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes) and provides both an economic and non-economic rationale for the loss of students/workers in the STEM pipeline. We further quantify the extent of the losses using longitudinal data and highlight the need for a strategy to STEM the tide. We will discuss the demographics of the STEM worker and peculiar STEM concerns such as foreign-born talent and the outsourcing of STEM jobs. We will discuss the extent to which STEM "pays" and the wage differentials that exist for STEM majors who choose to major in STEM or non-STEM fields.

Bio: Nicole Smith is a Research Professor and Senior Economist at the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University. Dr. Smith leads the Center's econometric and methodological work. Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Smith was a faculty member in Economics at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, and at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Dr. Smith received her B.Sc. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, and she received her Ph.D. in Economics from American University.

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