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Moving From STEM Engagement to Motivation to Persist
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STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education is widely understood to be critical to the United States’ ongoing global competitiveness. In fact, the federal government spends nearly $3 billion per year on over 200 programs designed to increase K-12 interest and postsecondary degree attainment. The millions invested by foundations, corporations, benefactors and parents are not included in that figure. Unfortunately there has been little measurable change in STEM engagement, college attendance or workforce readiness, particularly among American minorities and females. Philadelphia mirrors the national disconnect between STEM talent demand, and the projected supply.
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