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245 00 $aPromising practices for strengthening the regional STEM workforce development ecosystem /$cCommittee on Improving Higher Education's Responsiveness to STEM Workforce Needs: Identifying Analytical Tools and Regional Best Practices, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs.
264 1 $aWashington, D.C. :$bNational Academies Press,$c[2016]
264 4 $c©2016.
300 $ax, 111 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"This report summarizes an 18-month study by the Committee on Improving Higher Education's Responsiveness to STEM Workforce Needs: Identifying Analytical Tools and Regional Best Practices, organized under the auspicesof the Board on Higher Education and Workforce and the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine"--page vii.
520 $a"Promising Practices for Strengthening the Regional STEM Workforce Development Ecosystem reviews the extent to which universities and employers in five metropolitan communities (Phoenix, Arizona; Cleveland, Ohio; Montgomery, Alabama; Los Angeles, California; and Fargo, North Dakota) collaborate successfully to align curricula, labs, and other undergraduate educational experiences with current and prospective regional STEM workforce needs. This report focuses on how to create the kind of university-industry collaboration that promotes higher quality college and university course offerings, lab activities, applied learning experiences, work-based learning programs, and other activities that enable students to acquire knowledge, skills, and attributes they need to be successful in the STEM workforce"--publisher's description.
504 $aIncludes bibliographic references.
650 0 $aScience$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMathematics$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAcademic-industrial collaboration$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducation, Higher$xCurricula$zUnited States.
710 2 $aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on Improving Higher Education's Responsiveness to Regional STEM Workforce Needs: Identifying Analytical Tools and Regional Best Practices.
710 2 $aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bBoard on Higher Education and Workforce.
710 2 $aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bPolicy and Global Affairs.
856 41 $uhttp://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309391113$zConnect to electronic version of resource.
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