Tag: STEM

"No longer will we allow other countries to break the rules, steal our jobs, and drain our wealth," President Trump said. "Instead, we will follow two simple but very crucial rules: We will buy American, and we will hire American." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Americans like ‘buy American,’ but not enough to buy American

Tom Rogan · July 18, 2017 8:35 pm

Boeing said additional layoffs could come later this year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Boeing to layoff hundreds of US engineers

Anna Giaritelli · April 18, 2017 12:59 am

President Trump has hired Michael Kratsios, former chief of staff at billionaire Peter Thiel's company, to work as deputy chief technology officer with the White House Office of Science or Technology, according to multiple reports. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump hires Peter Thiel’s top aide for technology post

Anna Giaritelli · March 4, 2017 3:57 pm

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban on Tuesday predicted the U.S. will see greater change in the jobs market and economy over the next three years than it has the last three decades. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Mark Cuban makes major jobs prediction for next 3 years

Anna Giaritelli · February 15, 2017 2:53 am

Currently, 27 states and the District of Columbia allow a computer class to be taken in place of a math or science requirement, but not a foreign language class. (AP Photo)

Lawmaker pushes for Java and Basic to replace Spanish and French

Anna Giaritelli · February 6, 2017 5:01 am

Women earned more degrees than men, and made up a majority of degrees in seven out of 11 different fields. (iStock photo)

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Women earning more doctoral and master’s degrees than men

Ashe Schow · September 19, 2016 7:51 pm

Hillary Clinton is expected to unveil a plan to defer student loan payments for young entrepreneurs. (Ty Wright/Bloomberg)

Clinton to lay out student loan forgiveness plan

Anna Giaritelli · June 28, 2016 10:00 am

The Nation's Report Card body of tests find eighth grade girls beat their male peers on a technology and engineering literacy test. (iStock Photo)

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Girls beat boys on nationwide tech and engineering test

Jason Russell · May 17, 2016 4:01 am

Obama to highlight private funding for STEM teacher training

Susan Crabtree · May 3, 2016 2:48 pm

Displaced worker dishes dirt on Disney’s H-1B layoffs

Displaced worker dishes dirt on Disney’s H-1B layoffs

Anna Giaritelli · February 25, 2016 9:53 pm

The tech region has one of the highest international populations in the country. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

37 percent of Silicon Valley foreign-born

Anna Giaritelli · February 13, 2016 12:52 am

Earlier this year, Disney replaced dozens of technology workers with foreign workers, mostly from India. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Bipartisan Senate bill would cut H-1B visas

Susan Ferrechio · December 15, 2015 12:25 am