TEXTO:
The ‘STEM’ sell
When people think of jobs related to science,
technology, engineering, and math, or STEM as
America’s relentless acronym makers would have it, they
don’t usually think of blue-collar workers or applicants
[5] without full college education. But a new report from
Brookings Institution reveals what it calls “the hidden
STEM economy.” It estimates that about 26 million jobs
in the United States require a high level of knowledge in
one STEM field or another , but about half of those are
[10] attainable, in fact, to workers without a four-year college
degree. These are in manufacturing, health care,
construction installation, maintenance, and repair, and
they pay on average $53,000 a year, which sure beats
not working at all and is about 10 percent higher than
[15] jobs with similar educational requirements. Moreover,
these sort of jobs are spread all over the country, not
just in urban centers. But here’s the problem: of the
$4.3 billion the federal government spends to
stimulate and improve education in science, technology,
[20] engineering, and math, only about one fifth goes toward
the training of people who won’t get a bachelor’s degree.
Community colleges are virtually ignored. Brookings
advocates spreading the knowledge as well as the wealth.
DICKEY, Christopher . The ‘STEM’ sell. In: BIG THINK, Around the world in five ideas. Newsweek , Jul 8 & 15, 2013. p.8.
stimulate and improve education in science, technology,
[20] engineering, and math, only about one fifth goes toward
the training of people who won’t get a bachelor’s degree.
Community colleges are virtually ignored. Brookings
advocates spreading the knowledge as well as the wealth.
DICKEY, Christopher . The ‘STEM’ sell. In: BIG THINK, Around the world in five ideas. Newsweek , Jul 8 & 15, 2013. p.8.
In the United States, workers who are part of “the hidden STEM economy”, without a bachelor’s degree
