Exclusive: National strategy to build diverse STEM workforce unveiled
Source: Axios
3 hours ago
An alliance of businesses, governments, educational institutions and philanthropies will unveil a national strategy at the White House today to add 20 million new workers in science and related fields from historically excluded and underrepresented groups to the U.S workforce by 2050.
Why it matters: Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs are projected to grow faster than other occupations and are typically higher-paying. Building and leveraging that talent is a top priority for the U.S., China and other countries racing to advance AI, quantum computing, biotech and other fields.
A survey of STEM workers last year found 60% believe China will be the global leader in science and technology in five years.
"Equity in STEMM is critical to achieving the excellence and eminence required to expand the nation's scientific power and remain competitive," the authors of a report outlining the new strategy write. (They expand the definition of STEM to include the medical field — the second "M" — which has a "long history of inequities." )
The STEMM Opportunity Alliance (SOA) of more than 200 companies, including 3M, Uber and Microsoft, higher education institutions, federal and state governments and philanthropic groups devised the strategy. Alliance members have said they will put more than $2 billion in total into nearly 350 new and existing programs and other commitments that will support the strategy. "The jobs are changing. We're building factories of the future with new technologies and talent planning is different than it was even five years ago," says Michael Stroik, vice president of community relations at 3M, adding that the strategy offers a data- and research-driven blueprint for the company's work building a talent pipeline. Stephanie Rodriguez, who developed the Department of Labor's Youth Employment Work strategy, will be the alliance's first director.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/stem-diverse-workforce-national-strategy
Link to Strategy RELEASE - STEMM Equity and Excellence 2050
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and some of them are HUGE, with a lot of post-formatting, and can take up a significant amount of space in the "comments".
In this case, the release site is a landing page with further links for the PDF files that make up the strategy. 
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