by studentrg | Jan 16, 2020 | Jobs of the Future, STEM, Student Research Foundation Research
Artificial Intelligence is generating a lot of buzz these days. Your students may be interested in it, but do they understand what AI really is and how it is used in business, medicine, the military, and other applications? Do they understand basic AI concepts like...
by studentrg | Dec 23, 2019 | Career Pathways, STEM, Student Research Foundation Research
If you’ve been looking at lists of STEM jobs that offer good compensation and career potential, you have noticed that a number of the same jobs appear on most of them. There are computer system architects, engineers of all kinds, programmers . . . and cartographers....
by studentrg | Dec 11, 2019 | Career Pathways, Jobs of the Future, STEM
This list from U.S. News provides some insights What STEM jobs offer the highest pay and the best chances of long-term employment? “Explore Top Stem Careers,” an article that Susannah Snider and Rebecca Koenig published in U.S. News and World Report on April 22, 2019,...
by studentrg | Dec 3, 2019 | College Degrees, College Major, STEM
In a post she wrote for the Greatschools.org blog on March 10, 2014 (“Does our approach to teaching math fail even the smartest kids?”) Carol Lloyd notes that according to a study conducted by UCLA, as many as 60% of all college students who start a STEM major in...
by studentrg | Nov 7, 2019 | STEM
Microsoft Study: High School-Age Girls Benefit from Female STEM Role Models We have all seen those illustrated books that are meant to inspire girls when they are in elementary and middle school – those biographies of scientists like Marie Curie and Sally Ride. By the...
by studentrg | Aug 19, 2019 | Career Pathways, STEM
“Students who are bored or inattentive or who put little effort to schoolwork are unlikely to benefit from better standards, curriculum, and instruction unless schools, teachers, and parents take steps to address their lack of motivation . . .” “Motivation Matters:...
