Careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields tend to pay well, offering about double the average wages of non-STEM jobs. But even with that pay advantage, several STEM careers rank among the anticipated workforce shortage areas . How can we improve the STEM pipeline, both to strengthen young people’s economic opportunities and for our broader economic and societal well-being? To help answer this question, a new study by researchers from Saint Louis University and the University of Missouri-Columbia explores the effects of a STEM career and technical education program that’s now reached millions of students in all fifty states.
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