By Elizabeth Redden. Participation in program that lets international students with STEM degrees work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduation grows by 400 percent in eight years. With the rapid growth has come new scrutiny. More...
System Crash
By Colleen Flaherty. Computer science students on a number of campuses complain that their departments can't meet demand. Their professors are also stressed. But experts say there is no clear fix for nationwide shortage of computer science faculty. More...
Science teachers sacrifice to provide lab materials for students
Whatever salary the science teacher at your local public school makes per year, subtract US$450. More...
From visual to verbal – there’s more than one way to understand maths
A lot of people claim they don’t have a “maths brain”. But the truth is that mathematicians think in all sorts of ways. There’s no one right way to think about maths – and that can create communication challenges, if someone thinking with a visual image is trying to share ideas with someone who is trying to use an equation. More...
Pact to attract 10,000 more STEM candidates by 2025
This new program preps STEM grads for jobs
Many employers of STEM professionals are requiring new hires to communicate their research to the general public. However, most schools and graduate programs do not provide communication training to STEM students. More...
Florida’s push for online courses benefits all, including STEM students
Techno-News Blog. Online education expands access. A new report by the Board of Governors, which oversees Florida’s 12 public universities, shows that 65 percent of undergraduates who took only distance-learning courses during the 2016-2017 academic year were women, a group with a history of underrepresentation in STEM fields. More...
« Le grand projet de l’Institut Henri Poincaré, c’est l’ouverture en 2020 de la Maison des Mathématiques »
Créé en 1928, il est depuis 1995 une unité mixte de service, avec comme tutelles le CNRS et l’université devenue Sorbonne Université, dont l’IHP est également une école interne. Il comprend 25 personnes en tout, dont deux chercheurs. Plus...
Un nouveau site web pour promouvoir les mathématiques auprès des filles
Les femmes sont encore peu présentes dans les filières scientifiques et techniques, en cause, les stéréotypes et les représentations des hommes et des femmes elles-mêmes. Plus...
To build next-gen STEM leaders, universities and industry must collaborate
As more industries become reliant on tech-savvy talent, the disconnect between students’ STEM education and hiring managers’ expectations is becoming increasingly challenging. As companies continue to evolve their hiring requirements to include more of these in-demand skills, creating opportunities to help all students be prepared to fill these roles is imperative. More...