by studentrg | Jan 29, 2019 | STEM, Student Research Foundation Research
Student Research Foundation’s 2017-2018 STEM Study Points Out the Barriers that Prevent Hispanic Students from Considering STEM Careers It is not surprising that students who take more STEM classes in high school are more likely to want to prepare for STEM careers...
by studentrg | Jan 10, 2019 | Career Pathways, College Major, STEM
In 2015, Ranstad US asked 1,000 students ages 11-17 what they knew and thought about STEM careers. The results of the survey, which were published in 2017, showed that most students in that age group are harboring misconceptions about what it means to pursue a STEM...
by studentrg | Dec 29, 2018 | Career Pathways, Career Pathways & 21st Century Skills, Jobs of the Future
Keeping employees from quitting their jobs after only a month or two is becoming a bigger challenge for many businesses across the county. As one executive at an auto components manufacturer recently told us, “We hire young employees and then we can’t get them to stay...
by studentrg | Dec 18, 2018 | Career Pathways, Consortia Research, Student Research Foundation Research
Findings from Deloitte’s “Generation Z Enters the Workforce” Research . . . In this and upcoming blog posts, we will take a close look at how members of Generation Z are preparing for their careers. Each of our posts about Gen Z will focus on one research study....
by studentrg | Nov 29, 2018 | Career & Technical Education, Career Pathways & 21st Century Skills
Freelancers Find that Skills-Based Training Plus a College Degree Add Up to a Better Career The 2018 Freelancing in America study from UpWork Global reports that freelancers are a fast-growing segment of working Americans. The study, which polled 6,000 U.S. workers,...
