Opportunity with STEM: Attract, Retain, and Diversify. October 16, 2012

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1 Opportunity with STEM: Attract, Retain, and Diversify October 16, 2012 TM 0

2 What We Do Change the Equation (CTEq) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, CEO-led initiative that is mobilizing the business community to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning in the United States. Since its launch in September 2010, CTEq s coalition of members strives to sustain a national movement to improve PreK-12 STEM learning by leveraging and expanding its work focusing on three goals: Improving Philanthropy Increase the impact of corporate philanthropy by emphasizing high quality, scalable programs. Inspiring Youth Capture the imagination of young people, giving them a solid foundation in STEM and insight into the unlimited postsecondary and career options. Advocating for Change Promote proven state policies and research-based practices that enhance student mastery of and interest in STEM disciplines. 1

3 Who We Are 1. 3M 2. A123 Systems 3. Accenture* 4. Activision Publishing 5. The Aerospace Corporation 6. Agilent Technologies 7. Alcoa 8. AMD Foundation 9. Amgen 10. Archer Daniels Midland 11. AT & T 12. Autodesk 13. BAE Systems 14. Battelle 15. Bayer 16. Bechtel 17. Boeing 18. Booz Allen Hamilton 19. Boston Scientific 20. CA Technologies 21. Cardinal Health 22. Carolina Biological 23. Causecast 24. Celgene 25. Chevron 26. Cisco 27. Cognizant 28. Comcast 29. Corning 30. Dell 31. Deloitte 32. Discovery Communications 33. Dow Chemical 34. Dreamworks 35. DuPont* 36. Eaton 37. Eastman Kodak 38. Eli Lilly and Company 39. E-line Media 40. EMC2 41. Epic Games 42. ExxonMobil * 43. Facebook 44. Fluor 45. GE 46. GlaxoSmithKline 47. Google 48. Hitachi, Ltd 49. HP 50. Honeywell 51. IBM 52. Intel * 53. JP Morgan Chase 54. LMI Aerospace 55. Lockheed Martin 56. McKinstry 57. Medtronic 58. Merck 59. Microsoft 60. MITRE 61. Motorola 62. Nature Publishing Group 63. The Nielsen Company 64. Northrop Grumman 65. OptumRx 66. Oracle 67. PASCO Scientific 68. PricewaterhouseCoopers 69. Procter & Gamble 70. Promethean 71. Qualcomm 72. RAND 73. Raytheon 74. Rockwell Collins 75. Rolls Royce 76. Sally Ride Science 77. Samba Energy 78. Samson 79. Schlumberger Limited 80. Sempra Energy 81. Siemens 82. SMART Tech 83. Sony Pictures 84. Space Systems / Loral 85. State Farm Insurance 86. Stellar Solutions 87. Symantec 88. Synopsys 89. Teradata 90. Texas Instruments 91. Thermo Fisher Scientific 92. Time Warner Cable * 93. United Launch Alliance 94. Verizon 95. Vernier Software & Technology 96. Viacom 97. Virgin Galactic 98. Wireless Generation 99. Xerox * * Board Member 2

4 2011 Achievements In its inaugural year, the CTEq coalition: Released powerful 2011 Vital Signs reports on the condition of STEM learning in every state in the nation, Harnessed the best thinking and resources of the CTEq coalition in developing tools to foster effective philanthropy, including Design Principles and Rubric Ignited Learning for tens of thousands of students nationwide by rallying member companies to bring high-quality STEM learning opportunities to sites across the country - Expanded 5 high-quality programs to 134 sites, exceeding the challenge to bring excellent, research-based programs to 100 sites in a year Launched the STEM is Cool! campaign, which showcased the innovative, exciting and often unexpected STEM-related work employees of CTEq companies do every day 3

5 Thought Leadership Involved member companies through participation in 6 committees: Design Principles, Employee Engagement, Underrepresented Groups in STEM, State Advocacy, Gaming and STEM, and Communications Leading the STEM conversation using data, research and social media - STEMtistic SM spotlight STEM facts and figures - CTEq Now e-newsletter reaches more than 8,500 each month - STEM Salons bring together influential leaders each month - Twitter has more than 6,000 followers - Facebook has more than 11,400 likes - YouTube channel has more than 46,700 views 4

6 2012 STEMworks 5

7 2012 ion Future STEM is Everywhere: Players will explore the variety of STEM careers that impact their everyday lives through a hidden object game. When objects are selected, the collection of STEM professions involved in its design and production will be explained. STEM Career Matchmaker: A variety of interactive tools will be used to identify which STEM professions best match a player s interest, abilities and personality. STEM Career Profiles: Players can print out a handy career map that outlines the educational, extracurricular and professional pathways that lead to STEM careers. STEM Career Quest: Players get to make a lifetime of career, school and life choices as they explore versions of real-life professional career paths based on interviews with hundreds of STEM professionals. 6

8 2012 Vital Signs 51 state specific summaries of key data indicators about STEM learning, K-12 Web-based data that goes beyond the summaries, to include a total of nearly 50 indicators per state - Comparisons between states on indicators can be generated The Next Frontier for STEM Data that describes critical data not yet available from states Vital Signs briefs: - All Over the Map - STEM Help Wanted - Lost Opportunity 7

9 STEM Help Wanted Jobseekers outnumbered online job postings by 3.6 people to 1 job STEM jobs outnumbered unemployed people 1.9 jobs to 1 person 8

10 Contact Information Linda Rosen Facebook.com/changetheequation Twitter.com/changeequation 9