Nearly 100% of American science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs require some type of postsecondary education, and yet while women are nearly half of the workforce, sc... More
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Study: More Women in STEM Needs Educational Change
Women STEM Entrepreneurs In Latin America are Gaining Momentum (Grit Daily)
Although women founders receive less than 2 percent of venture capital funding worldwide, Latin America is a growing hub for women STEM entrepreneurs who are building startups to s... More
The Best Cities for STEM, High Tech Jobs Outside Silicon Valley (Inc.)
Just because you want a high-tech salary doesn't mean you have to live in San Francisco or San Jose.... More
EY Launches STEM Tribe Education App In India for Teen Girls (Inc 42)
Ernst & Young, in collaboration with Silicon Valley-based Tribal Planet, has launched a mobile platform called EY STEM Tribe for girls between 13-18 years age group. The EY STEM Tr... More
Can STEM Qualifications Hold the Key to the Future of Cybersecurity? (Forbes)
Cybersecurity is a specialized industry, employing people with skills built on a STEM foundation. Put these factors together, and it’s a job market where demand far outstrips sup... More
Salesforce Investing $1M in Chicago Youth STEM Programs (Chicago Inno)
Like other large tech companies that have a Chicago presence, Salesforce is investing in STEM programs at local schools and organizations. Salesforce.org, the tech company’s phil... More
Advice For The Next Generation Of Women In STEM (Forbes)
As women remain dramatically underrepresented across all STEM studies and careers, how do we make strides to close the gender gap and fuel the next generation of female innovators?... More
Cognizant Launches Foundation to Empower Digital Education and Skills Training Initiatives Across the U.S. (MESA)
Cognizant today launched Cognizant U.S. Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and other technical education p... More
Confidence a Key Success Factor for Women in Startups, STEM (Forbes)
When it comes to the ways that women navigate the current business landscape, there are a wide variety of styles that can be used to achieve success and overcome the inherent obsta... More
Women Who Watched ‘The X-Files’ Pursued More Careers In STEM (Fast Company)
When The X-Files premiered in 1993, FBI agent and medical doctor Dana Scully was unlike any other woman on television. Scully, played by Gillian Anderson, was equal to, and not jus... More
SAS CEO Jim Goodnight on the Importance of Education, STEM, Ending the Skills Gap (IT World Canada)
Jim Goodnight on SAS’ social responsibility to help educate the future workforce: "Well, it certainly is as far as using some of the best software – which we provide – so we ... More
Can Virtual Reality Open STEM Education and Jobs to More People? (Forbes)
Employers need to fill 1.6 million jobs in the US that require backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math by 2021, according to a 2016 study by the US Department of ... More
Tech’s New Hotbeds: Cities with Fastest Growth in STEM Jobs are Far From Silicon Valley (Forbes)
The conventional wisdom sees tech concentrating in a handful of places, many dense urban cores that offer the best jobs and draw talented young people. These places are seen as so ... More
Google, Facebook, Other Tech Giants to Support Trump’s $200M STEM Plan (SiliconBeat)
While President Donald Trump’s hardline base attacks Google, Facebook and Twitter for supposedly censoring conservative voices, the president and major tech firms are embarking o... More