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Is STEM education and training working? And for whom?
Hardly Working with Brent Orrell
English - July 15, 2020 19:30 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBCareers Business Education Self-Improvement Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Policymakers and parents alike have been encouraging young people for decades to pursue STEM degrees and careers so they could become financially and socially successful. Does the data support the assumption that going into STEM fields leads to a good career? Brent talks to Dan Cox, a Research Fellow at AEI, and Kadeem Noray, a […]
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Policymakers and parents alike have been encouraging young people for decades to pursue STEM degrees and careers so they could become financially and socially successful. Does the data support the assumption that going into STEM fields leads to a good career?
Brent talks to Dan Cox, a Research Fellow at AEI, and Kadeem Noray, a PhD candidate in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, about a recent AEI report on the long-term outcomes for STEM graduates. They discuss the earnings potential in STEM, the rate that people leave the field, and the barriers experienced by women and minorities.
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