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There is no such thing as a "STEM job". There are computer science jobs and marine biology jobs, both under the rubric of STEM, but the skill sets are not fungi
by jandrewrogers 7y ago
There is no such thing as a "STEM job". There are computer science jobs and marine biology jobs, both under the rubric of STEM, but the skill sets are not fungible and the employment prospects are wildly different. We can simultaneously produce more STEM graduates than jobs and have a shortage of workers for STEM jobs.
The most popular STEM degree by a large margin is psychology, many more than all engineering disciplines combined. That psychology majors can't find work implies little about the demand for engineers.
- charmides 7y agoI don't think psychology is typically considered STEM.
- mcguire 7y agoAccording to the article, it is by the NSF and not by the commerce department.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoPsychology sits in a really weird (and interesting!) place between the social sciences and "hard" sciences. I thus find either classification reasonable, as unhelpful as that may be.
- Eldandan 7y agoIt is institution-dependent, and a bit odd. I believe the American Psychological Association have advocated for this. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/07-08/sd https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/07-08/sd
- mcguire 7y agohttps://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/article/engineers.htm?view_full https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/article/engineers.htm... 140,000 new jobs over the next 10 years, 1,700,000 current employment. Assuming the replacement cycle for an engineer is 20 years, that's about 100,000 jobs per year. The ASEE ”Engineering by the Numbers" shows 124,000 engineering bachelor's degrees awarded in 2017. Sure, you can slice it down to appear to be a deficit, but it'll look rediculous. "I need an opto-acoustic engineer with a pituitary gland the size of an avocado."