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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
Co
urs
e C
red
its
-.01* 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2* 0.1
‘90 ‘94 ‘98 ‘00 ‘05 ‘09
8.0
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
//
0
MaleMale
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
WhiteGapHispanic
Grade 8Scale Score
Scale Score
Grade 4
WhiteGapHispanic
500
275
225
175
0
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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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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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