UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY INITIATIVES IN HIGHER STEM EDUCATION
October 26th, 2024
With its shortage of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) graduates, the United States is struggling to hire enough qualified professionals to meet the demands of many of domestic industries, the USA’s HE accreditation board ABET has noted. According to one estimate by the Washington DC-based Semiconductor Industry Association, in a report published in 2023, there will be a STEM shortage of approximately 1.4 million technicians, computer scientists and engineers in the US by 2030 ...
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