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Solving America ’ s Innovation Problem

Solving America ’ s Innovation Problem. The Sleeping Dragon is Waking. Educating the Workforce of the Future. Gender Gap in US Colleges. Women earn 57% of college degrees; men 43%. Women account for 57% of college students. Women account for 60% of graduate students.

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Solving America ’ s Innovation Problem

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  1. Solving America’s Innovation Problem The Sleeping Dragon is Waking

  2. Educating the Workforce of the Future

  3. Gender Gap in US Colleges Women earn 57% of college degrees; men 43% Women account for 57% of college students Women account for 60% of graduate students

  4. 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 workforce

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Average Math & Science Credits by Gender 1999-2009 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 // 0 Course Credits Credit Gap -.01* 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2* 0.1 ‘90 ‘94 ‘98 ‘00 ‘05 ‘09 High School Graduation Year Male Female

  8. Not Ready for Rigorous Curriculum: 2009 Missing Requirement Percent

  9. NAEP Math Achievement Gap: White/Black Students Scale Score Grade 4 500 275 225 175 0 // White Gap Black // 1990 1992 1996 2000 2003 2005 2007 no n Scale Score Grade 8 White Gap Black

  10. NAEP Math Achievement Gap: White/Hispanic Students Scale Score Grade 4 500 275 225 175 0 // White Gap Hispanic National average // 1990 1992 1996 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 no n Scale Score Grade 8 White Gap Hispanic

  11. Percentage of PK-12 public school students 100 80 60 40 20 0 68 61 55 22 17 17 16 15 11 8 4 5 White Black Hispanic Other 1 1989 1999 2009

  12. 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

  13. 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 • Craig BarrettFormer CEO/Chair, Intel • Glenn BrittCEO, Time Warner Cable • Ursula BurnsCEO, Xerox • William Green • Chairman, Accenture • Antonio PerezCEO, Kodak • Sally RideCEO, Sally Ride Science • Rex Tillerson • CEO, Exxon Mobil

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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 strategy

  17. Featured Programs • Advanced Placement Training and Incentive • Career Ladders • Engineering is Elementary • FIRST • K-8 Math Progressions • National Academy Foundation • UTeach

  18. What is Engineering? % Correct

  19. APTIP Female Results – Cohort I 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.

  20. Corporate Members A123 Systems Accenture* Activision Publishing The Aerospace Corporation Agilent Technologies Alcoa AMD Foundation Amgen Applied Materials Archer Daniels Midland AT & T Aurora Flight Sciences Autodesk BAE Systems Ball Aerospace & Technologies Battelle Baxter International Bayer Bechtel Boeing Cardinal Health Carolina Biological Caterpillar Causecast Celgene Chevron Cisco Cognizant Comcast Corning • Dell • Deloitte • Dreamworks • Discovery Communications • Dow Chemical • DuPont • Eaton • E-line Media • Eli Lilly and Company • EMC2 • Epic Games • Ernst & Young • ExxonMobil * • Facebook • Fluor • Ford Motor • GE • GlaxoSmithKline • Google • Hitachi, Ltd • HP • Honeywell • IBM • Intel * • JP Morgan Chase • Knowledge Universe • Eastman Kodak * • LMI Aerospace • Lockheed Martin • McKinsey & Company • McKinstry • Medtronic • Merck • Microsoft • MITRE • Motorola • Nature Publishing Group • The Nielsen Company • Northrop Grumman • Ogilvy Public Relations • Oracle • PASCO Scientific • Prescription Solutions • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Procter & Gamble • Promethean • Qualcomm • RAND • Raytheon • Rockwell Collins • SAS • Sally Ride Science * • Sambra Energy • Samsung • Schlumberger Limited • Sempra Energy • Siemens • SMART Tech • Sony Pictures • Space Systems / Loral • SpaceX • State Farm Insurance • Stellar Solutions • Symantec • Synopsys • Teradata • Tesla Motors • Texas Instruments • ThermoFisher Scientific • Time Warner Cable * • United Launch Alliance • United Space Alliance • United Technologies • Univision Communications • Verizon • Vernier Software & Technology • Viacom • Virgin Galactic • Wireless Generation • Xerox * • * Founding/Board Member

  21. Contact Information Linda Rosen lrosen@changetheequation.org 202.626.5740 www.changetheequation.org Facebook.com/changetheequation Twitter.com/changeequation

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