Stem Edge

past, present and future technological advancements provide all the reason why science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) education is vitally important for the continued success of the global economy. 3,000,000 reasons why we need stem. stem-skilled jobs pay 11% more than equivalent level non-stem jobs, and the top 6 of 10 highest starting salaries for 2013 bachelor degree graduates were engineers…with a starting salary as high as $97,000! today, experts predict that 50% of the future job growth is expected to require stem skills. by 2018, there will be 3,000,000 unfilled stem-related jobs due to the lack of stem-skilled candidate. "we're number 48, we're number 48!" the us ranked 17th and 25th of 31 nations tested in science and math, and 48th of 131 nations in science and math education processes. no wonder 20% of freshmen college students feel they are adequately prepared when they enter college…and nearly 40% drop out of a stem degree program. "the definition of insan