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05/16/2016

Careers in science, technology, engineering and math’s (STEM) are often on the cutting edge, creating opportunities to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges, or developing our guiltiest pleasures.

But what does it actually mean to snag one of these coveted gigs?

What does it actually mean to snag one of these coveted gigs?

05/13/2016

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is a big buzzword in education now, especially with girls. Why?

The following article is sponsored by IM Flash. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is a big buzzword in education now, especially with girls. Why? According to the National Girls Co…

05/11/2016

People have been studying the sun and planets for thousands of years. Scientists, though, still have many questions about Earth’s neighborhood. They search for clues about what the solar system looked like in its earliest days, how planets were born and how they ended up where they did.

Here are three people who are helping to explore and understand our solar system, from its fiery center, to the distant asteroid belt and those frozen worlds beyond.

05/09/2016

STEM jobs are growing at 1.7 times the rate of non-STEM jobs, and the U.S. is simply not producing enough candidates to fill them. Only 16% of high school seniors are interested in pursuing STEM careers, according to the Department of Education.

The Obama administration is investing millions of dollars to produce an additional one million STEM undergrads by 2022. But that would barely fill the projected shortage in STEM jobs.

To get more students interested, some universities are changing their approach.

There's a lot of hype around STEM: Is there a job shortage and how do we fix it? Here's what you need to know.

05/07/2016

If you're a master of the science and math fundamentals, and are interested in starting a career path that's sure to have you in demand for years to come, these are some of the coolest STEM jobs to know about. Read on to learn about jobs like music therapists, 3-D designers/engineers, underwater archaeologists and volcanologists.

Getty STEM jobs are occupations based in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and although you're likely hearing a lot about the high demand for workers to fill these role

05/04/2016

If Karlie Kloss wasn't a star on the runway, she'd probably be pediatrician or an educator, and it's that interest in STEM topics and teaching that inspired her to launch a scholarship program last summer for 21 teen girls interested in coding.

The supermodel first became interested in coding by wondering how her favorite apps like Instagram worked. This prompted her to sign up for a class at the Flatiron School where she learned the basics of web applications and how to write code in languages like Ruby on Rails. And now she has created ‘Koding With Klossy’ to encourage girls to become more interested in STEM.

You could create the next Instagram…

04/30/2016

Science: It’s a Girl Thing is a five-day, four-night residential camp for fifth through 12th-grade girls. The campers reside in Tech residence halls and participate in two STEM classes, among other recreational activities.

Each summer, Texas Tech hosts the Science: It’s a Girl Thing camp to encourage and inspire school girls to pursue career paths in science, technology, engineering and math.

04/27/2016

Research shows that children’s interests, ambitions, and skills can be shaped early on by the media they consume and the toys with which they play, potentially influencing everything from the subjects they choose to study to the careers they ultimately pursue.

For example, right now, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) industries offer some of the highest-paying, most in-demand careers – there are over 600,000 unfilled jobs in information technology alone – yet women hold only 29 percent of STEM jobs. Communities across America are also experiencing teacher shortages, and nursing is one of the fastest-growing professions – yet fewer than 25 percent of public school teachers and only 9 percent of nurses are men.

Research shows that children’s interests, ambitions, and skills can be shaped early on by the media they consume and the toys with which they play, potentially influencing everything from the subjects they choose to study to the careers they ultimately pursue. Consequently, those early experiences…

04/25/2016

The Parent Involvement Program through Title I hosts a free STEM workshop at Huntington High School Saturday afternoon to educate parents about careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Organizers invited both parents and students to show how careers in those fields can not only be high paying, but a lot of fun.

An Caddo Parish outreach program gets parents involved with opportunities in stem so they can inspire their children.

04/23/2016

Science happens everywhere. Gardening, auto mechanics, construction, cooking and plumbing all use STEM skills. In order to get our young girls excited about STEM, encourage safe experimentation and discovery in the kitchen and backyard, where she can practice predicting, measuring, observing and analyzing.

Encourage her to try new things & the rest will be history.

Use these tips for parents of smart, young girls to help ensure their success in Science.

04/21/2016

The study, which anonymously surveyed 3,200 engineers across four major companies (3M, Booz Allen Hamilton, Honeywell Aerospace and United Technologies Corp.), focused on values and perceptions of corporate culture in an attempt to find out why so many women leave jobs in the science, technology, engineering and math fields within a decade of entering the STEM workforce when their male counterparts do not. With that knowledge, SWE aimed to identify actionable steps companies in those fields can take to combat attrition among female employees.

How do we get women to stay in their STEM fields?

A culture study shows that men and women in STEM jobs have similar values but they lead to different actions.

04/19/2016

It's no secret that jobs in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are in demand and expected to continue growing. What might surprise you is how many can earn you $80,000 or more with only a bachelor's degree.

Curious what these jobs are? Check out the article below!

It’s no secret that jobs in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are in demand and expected to continue growing. What…