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Creating a Globally

Competitive Workforce

Glenn Walters

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Overview

Global Competitive Situation

United States Status

New Mexico – Case for Action

New Mexico Higher Education Institutions

New Mexico K - 12

New Mexico Community

Quality Embedded

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Global Competitive Situation

Explosive demand for STEM Skills

Alternative Energy

Aging Population

Consumption in Emerging Markets

Growth Expected to Double Other Employment

Talent Grab – 650,000 new jobs by 2018 – degrees 70%

Higher Education – US 51st of 142 countries (M & S)

Higher Education 26th Public Education 37th

Producers of STEM Graduates

US, ________, & Japan (largest developed economies) =

China, India & _______ (largest emerging economies) =

US – 12.5% China 41% (Aspires Gold and Nobel)

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Global Competitive – What County? World’s Fourth Leading Financial Center

World’s Third Highest Per Capita Income

Over 40% of Population are Immigrants

Four Official Languages

Ranked as Second Freest Economy in World

World’s Highest Trade-to-GDP Ratio = 407.9%

World’s 11th Largest Foreign Reserves

One of World’s top Three Oil Refining Centers

World’s Largest Oil-Rig Producer

World’s Highest % of Millionaires (1 of every 6 households)

Rated as one of the Least Corrupt Countries in the World

Unemployment about 2%

Students Consistently Rank in the Top Five in the World

Students Ranked First in 2011 Trends in International Math & Sciences

Perhaps Most Respected Colleges of Education in the World

Has Less than 0ne-Tenth of One Percentage of World’s Population

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SINGAPORE

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United States Status

Presidential Efforts

Race to the Top – “competitive preference”

$250 million for Math & Science Teachers

Common Core

Annual Cap of H-1B Visas – 65,000 to 124,000

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US – Assets for Innovation

Large Country with Natural Resources and

Barrier-Free Internal Market

Political Culture – Freedom, Democracy

and Rule of Law

Economic Culture Rewards

Entrepreneurship, Openness to Change,

Willingness to take and Reward Risk

Growing and Diverse Population

Historic Commitment to Education

Ecosystem of Public and Private Research

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New Mexico – Federal Picture

Research Dollars Three Times US Average,

over $2 Billion Annually, $1,232 per Capita

Sandia National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Department of Energy

Kirtland, Holloman & Cannon Air Force Bases

White Sands Missile Range

VA Clinical Trials

Many Others

Total R & D as a Share of GSP is 8%

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New Mexico – Case for Action

14% of State Funding

I & G Funding Formula

SEPARATE SLIDES

Workforce

Higher Education as Economic Driver

Align Production to Need

Legislative Lottery Scholarship

82,619 since 1996, Merit 2.5 GPA, Others

Going to College vs Staying in College

Remediation

Achievement Gap – Numerous

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Higher Education Institutions

University of New Mexico

STEM Education Outreach Program

STEM Gateway Program

Numerous Programs

New Mexico State University

Alliance for Minority Participation - Doubled

Engineering Integrated Learning Community

Project Lead the Way

New Mexico Tech

Central New Mexico CC – STEM UP

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K - 12

BRIDGE – Early College High Schools -5- $500,000

GEARUP STEM Grant

Robotics

Advanced Placement

$1 million College Board Last Week

$750,000 from State (increased by $250,000)

Dual Credit

Rio Rancho HS one of 487 Schools part of Google’s

Advanced Placement STEM Access Program

ASK Academy (Charter School in Rio Rancho)

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Community

Intel

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/in

tel-in-education

Innovate Educate

www.innovate-educate.org

www.theinnovationintake.com/latest-issue

www.stemconnector.org

New Mexico Experimental Program to

Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

http://nmepscor.org Over $80 million

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Community Continued

New Mexico STEM Database

http://nmstemed.org/

New Mexico MESA – Hands-On Learning

71% Minority Students, 6-12 Grades

Only 8% Required Remediation

Only MESA Program to Offer Cash Awards

ENLACE

GUTS (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically)

TechGYRLS – YMCA

STEM Sisters

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What is This?

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Spaceport America

First Purpose-Built Commercial Spaceport

$209 Million – New Mexico Spaceport Authority

Twenty-some Years in Development, Over Dozen Launches

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic – 20 Year

First Commercial Passenger Spaceline Company

Vertical and Horizontal Takeoffs – 10,000 Foot

White Knight Two is Mother-Craft - 50,000 Feet

SpaceShip Two – 70 miles – 2,000 mph

2 ½ Hour Suborbital Trips

3 Days Pre-Flight Preparation

February 2011 – Over 400 Reservations - $50 mil

Annual X Prize, Space X,

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Spaceport America

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SUMMARY

Lots of Competition

US Position Good but Slipping

Education System

STEM Interest and Value

Thoughtful Approach

Multi Faceted

Start NOW!

“I have not failed. I've

just found 10,000 ways

that won't work.”

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For More Information

Phone: 505-710-6350

E-mail: gwenterp@msn.

com

Glenn Walters