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petmoosieThe science pipeline looks like this.
"The overall proportion of high school graduates who earn bachelor's degrees in STEM fields has remained constant at 8 to 10% from 1972 to 2005, the study finds...About half of STEM graduates find employment in STEM fields, and about half of those remain in STEM to the mid-career level...'Sizable proportions of people end up not doing what they were trained for,' [B. Lindsay] Lowell said. " B. Lindsay Lowell is the director of policy studies at Georgetown University. This is from Chemical and Engineering News, Nov. 2, 2009.
Now, remember STEM includes computer hardware and software. Although those fields are not strong at the moment, they have been strong in the period considered.
"The overall proportion of high school graduates who earn bachelor's degrees in STEM fields has remained constant at 8 to 10% from 1972 to 2005, the study finds...About half of STEM graduates find employment in STEM fields, and about half of those remain in STEM to the mid-career level...'Sizable proportions of people end up not doing what they were trained for,' [B. Lindsay] Lowell said. " B. Lindsay Lowell is the director of policy studies at Georgetown University. This is from Chemical and Engineering News, Nov. 2, 2009.
Now, remember STEM includes computer hardware and software. Although those fields are not strong at the moment, they have been strong in the period considered.
