The article is about STEM worker
shortage in the U.S. It is quite astonishing to learn of the figures. According
to the research the article is citing, the manufacturing sector will need about
3.5 million workers by 2025 but only 1.5 million of those positions will be
filled leaving a huge gap. The research was done by Emerson – a technology and
engineering company in Missouri. Also, respondents to the research do not think
that there are enough resources in the U.S for STEM students. Despite the first computer programmer being a
woman, women today account for less than 24 percent of the technology employees
in the U.S according to a technology nonprofit founder quoted in the article.
This likely is the case in the rest of the world. As the article suggests, the
huge demand in the STEM field opens an opportunity for more women and
minorities to be included in the future.
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