Tag: STEM
From the battlefield to the classroom
Roughly 200,000 military veterans transition into civilian life every year. Some of them go directly into the job market. But others, armed with the...
Creating STEM job opportunities for lower-income adults
Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have outpaced overall job growth, according to the Pew Research Center — a 79 percent increase...
Demand for STEM-skilled workers continues to grow
By one measure, in the near future, 80 percent of all professions will require some knowledge of science, technology, engineering, or math. This doesn't...
It takes longer for women veterans to find a job
Transitioning out of the military into the civilian workforce can prove difficult across the board. For women veterans, it can be especially tough. Approximately...
Weekly Changemaker: Sherry Lansing
This week, WorkingNation's #WeeklyChangemaker is Sherry Lansing, the first female president of a Hollywood film studio and the founder and CEO of EnCorps, a...
Tech entrepreneur builds ‘girl focused, boy inclusive’ STEM pipeline for kids
When you look at the education trends for students starting as young as primary and secondary school age, females and males enroll in and...
WorkingNation moderates future of work panels at SXSW EDU
More than 7,000 people were in attendance when the ninth annual SXSW EDU conference kicked off in Austin on Monday. The four-day live event...
UTeach reveals a pathway for STEM majors
Sometimes all it takes to change the course of science and math education is a lightbulb moment. UTeach is showing future teachers how they...
Tiger Woods champions STEM education
Even before the term STEM was a commonplace acronym, the TGR Foundation, A Tiger Woods Charity began working with young children to expose them...
INROADS to Everywhere: A Q&A with alumna Charelle Lans
Reading through Charelle Lans' LinkedIn profile, one would get the impression that she had decades of experience which shaped her distinguished career. Since the...
