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Wasted education : how we fail our graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skrentny, John David (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Skilled labor > United States.
Science and industry > United States.
Science students > Employment > United States.
Engineering students > Employment > United States.
Work environment > United States.
Corporate culture > United States.
Sciences et industrie > États-Unis.
Étudiants en génie > Travail > États-Unis.
Culture organisationnelle > États-Unis.
Corporate culture
Engineering students > Employment
Science and industry
Skilled labor
Work environment
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the great investment in STEM education
  • The exodus from STEM jobs
  • Burn and churn : how management strategies can drive away STEM workers
  • The precariousness of the STEM job
  • Training and the STEM-skills treadmill
  • How STEM employers contribute to their own diversity problems
  • STEM education for what? : investors, employers, and the purpose of STEM work.