Are we flooding the market with STEM grads, or are we falling dangerously short? The great STEM workforce debate bounces back and forth between these two, probably reductive positions. In fact, both sides have a point, but they obscure the deeper challenges. We need to be rethinking how we connect STEM education to jobs that matter to individual grads and the country as a whole. Then figure out how to make sure students, educators, employers, and policymakers are using the right set of tools to solve the same problem.
Read MoreBringing the "Security Mindset" into Focus
It takes a certain something to succeed in cybersecurity — some call it the “security mindset.” These tickling, teasing brain games can help students discover their inner “security mindset” and point them towards a future as a cybersecurity whiz.
Read MoreHow to Know and See Aptitudes for Cybersecurity
Success in cybersecurity has something – but not everything – to do with technical expertise. Find out why computer science and engineering grads might not be the best people to recruit for work in the field.
Read MoreHow to See Cybersecurity as a STEM Field
In the areas of career preparation, ethics, and multi-disciplinary learning, cybersecurity education can extend the capacities of STEM education to serve the interests of both student and country. That’s not to say it’ll be easy to do.
Read MoreSTEM Seems Strong in the New Congress
Our read on support for STEM education in the 116th Congress is guardedly optimistic. The turnover in control from Republicans to Democrats should have little impact on the generally bipartisan favor the field has enjoyed. What comes out of the White House, on the other hand, can scramble anything. Watch the budget request for clues.
Read MoreNot Just for Tech-Heads: How to Swell the Ranks of the Cybersecurity Workforce
Enlarging the future cybersecurity workforce will require new ways of talking about the field to more diverse groups of students. The first step is showing how much more than just technical knowledge gets rewarded in the field.
Read MoreGot Engineers? Workforce Development and Diversity in Engineering
For all that engineering is said to be everywhere, K-12 audiences command a limited, often wrong grasp of what engineers do. This presents some daunting facts for us to reckon with in devising efforts to expand participation in the field, whether for workforce needs or broadening diversity in engineering.
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