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The STEM Crisis Is a Myth

There is indeed a STEM crisis—just not the one everyone’s been talking about
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The STEM Crisis Is a Myth

Forget the dire predictions of a looming shortfall of scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians

16 min read
Is a Career in STEM Really for Me?
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Is a Career in STEM Really for Me?

An 8th grader ponders the options, finds science and engineering far down on the list

3 min read
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Is There a U.S. IT Worker Shortage?

New Big Data, Cloud Computing and HIT worker demand is in millions by 2015

4 min read
An Engineering Career: Only a Young Person’s Game?
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An Engineering Career: Only a Young Person’s Game?

Half-life of knowledge pressures employers to seek out young engineers

5 min read
What Ever Happened to STEM Job Security?
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What Ever Happened to STEM Job Security?

A personal view on how decades of recurring recessions, downsizing, outsourcing and H-1B visas changed the social compact between STEM workers and their employers

10 min read
Are STEM Workers Overpaid?
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Are STEM Workers Overpaid?

Lowering STEM worker pay seems to be hidden agenda of many tech companies

6 min read
Yes
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Would You Encourage a Student to Pursue a Career in STEM?

IEEE Spectrum forecasters overwhelmingly say "yes"

2 min read
too few
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Is There a Shortage of STEM Students and STEM professionals?

Most IEEE Spectrum forecasters think there is, and that the shortage is worse in their own country than in the world at large

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Corporate Recruiters Insist There Really Is a STEM Worker Shortage
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Corporate Recruiters Insist There Really Is a STEM Worker Shortage

Well, maybe half (or possibly only 42 percent) of those surveyed think there is one

4 min read
Is It Fair to Steer Students into STEM Disciplines Facing a Glut of Workers?
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Is It Fair to Steer Students into STEM Disciplines Facing a Glut of Workers?

IEEE-USA briefing finds little need for more H-1B visas in the United States

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