U.S. releases reports on STEM jobs
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borating on the project, including the University of Tokyo and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Tsinghua University in China, Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the University of California– Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Sandia National Laboratories in the United States. “As we all know, fundamental scientific research to understand complex and interrelated phenomena requires support characterized by longevity. It is precisely this type of an environment for the international research community that I2CNER strives to create with the generous support from the government of Japan,” said Sofronis. The WPI program is run by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, a government agency that supports pro-
tionally in science and math achievement over the next decade. While women make up 48% of the U.S. workforce, only 24% hold STEM jobs. Over the past decade, this underrepresentation has remained fairly constant, even as women’s share of the collegeeducated workforce has increased. Women with STEM positions, how-
U.S. releases reports on STEM jobs www.esa.doc.gov/reports/women-stem-gender-gap-innovation www.esa.doc.gov/reports/stem-good-jobs-now-and-future
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he U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) released two reports that profile U.S. employment in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. “STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future” reports U.S. growth in STEM jobs overall while “Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation” finds, as expected, that there are fewer women than men in STEM jobs and attaining degrees in STEM fields as well as a wage disparity based on gender. Over the past 10 years, growth in STEM jobs was three times greater than that of non-STEM positions. STEM employment is expected to continue to grow at a faster rate than other jobs in the coming decade (see Figure 1). Meanwhile, STEM workers are also less likely to experience joblessness. Further findings show STEM employees command higher wages, earning
grams to advance science research in Japan. The program was created in 2007 to fund research, establish international research environments in Japan, reform research organizations, and create new domains of interdisciplinary research. The other WPIs include the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (Tohoku University), the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (University of Tokyo), the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (Kyoto University), Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center (Osaka University), and the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (National Institute for Materials Science). For more information on the World Premier Institutes, visit www.jsps.go.jp/ english/e-toplevel. Additional information on I2CNER can be found at http:// i2cner.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en. Kendra Redmond
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