Collaborative Research: STEM Education Effects on a Diverse Workforce's Development over the Life Cycle

这项合作研究正在调查来自代表性不足群体的个人在高中和高等教育期间获得的STEM技能和培训如何有助于他们STEM劳动力的成功以及他们现在中年享受的职业类型。它使用了High School&amp；Beyond(HS&amp；B)数据库，这是一项对1980年以来全国具有代表性的高中二年级学生的研究。HS&Amp；B包含了大量非裔美国人和拉丁裔、女性和残疾人，包括那些获得大专学位的人，以提供有关我们的教育系统如何使不同的学生做好准备，以充分参与复杂和快速变化的劳动力的信息，即使是在成年中期和以后。该项目有以下三个目标：1.确定学校中STEM培训的哪些方面，从具体的课程到学位成就和学位领域，有助于劳动力在成年初期和中年以后的工作中取得成功和灵活性。研究问题：哪些STEM技能和培训在(I)早期和(Ii)中后期职业生涯中具有较高的劳动力市场价值？2.分析STEM培训和劳动力成功之间的关系是否对所有工人都是相同的，如果不是，它对女性和男性、非裔美国人、拉丁裔和白人以及残疾和非残疾人有何不同。研究问题：技能和劳动力市场之间的关系是否普遍适用于代表性不足的群体？3.制作一个数据库，将通过NCES在HS&AMP上发布；B抽样成员的职业，可供更广泛的研究界使用，以产生关于劳动力发展和扩大对STEM的参与的新知识。

This collaborative study is investigating how the STEM skills and training that individuals from underrepresented groups acquired during high school and postsecondary education have contributed to their STEM workforce success and the types of occupations they now enjoy in midlife. It is uses the High School & Beyond (HS&B) database, a nationally representative study of high school sophomores from 1980. HS&B contains a large sample of African Americans and Latinos, women, and people with disabilities, including those who earned postsecondary degrees, to provide information about how our education system has and can prepare diverse students to fully participate in a complex and rapidly changing workforce, even during middle and later adulthood. The project has the following three aims:1. Identifying the aspects of STEM training in schools, from specific coursework to degree attainment and field of degree, that contribute to workforce success and flexibility during early adulthood and in later midlife work. Research Question: Which STEM skills and training have high labor market value in (i) early and (ii) middle to late careers?2. Analyzing whether the relationship between STEM training and workforce success is the same for all workers, and if not, how it differs for women and men, African Americans, Latinos, and Whites, and for persons with and without disabilities.Research Question: Do the relationships between skills and the labor market generalize to underrepresented groups?3. Producing a database, that will be released through NCES, on HS&B sample members' occupations that can be used by the broader research community to generate new knowledge on workforce development and broadening participation in STEM.